page_title: Jim Hunt (trainer)
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caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Jim Hunt, Michigan Wolverines football trainer, 1947–1967 This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| français&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| 한국어&#160;| македонски&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| русский&#160;| українська&#160;| 中文（台灣）‎&#160;| +/− This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. Беларуская&#160;| Čeština&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| Español&#160;| Français&#160;| Italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| Македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| Português&#160;| Русский&#160;| Slovenščina&#160;| ไทย&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: James Edward Hunt was an American athletic trainer. A native of Minnesota, he was the head athletic trainer for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1942 to 1946 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1947 to 1967. He was known for his innovations in developing protective equipment and was reported to be "the first trainer to use fiberglass to help prevent serious injuries." In 1951, he was selected by the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame as the Trainer of the Year, and in 1957, he was elected as the president of the National Athletic Trainers Association. He retired in July 1968 at age 65. He died in 1999 at age 95 and was buried at Saint Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Ann Arbor.
context_section_description: James Edward Hunt (June 20, 1903 – May 9, 1999) was an American athletic trainer.  A native of Minnesota, he was the head athletic trainer for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1942 to 1946 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1947 to 1967. He was known for his innovations in developing protective equipment and was reported to be "the first trainer to use fiberglass to help prevent serious injuries." In 1951, he was selected by the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame as the Trainer of the Year, and in 1957, he was elected as the president of the National Athletic Trainers Association. He retired in July 1968 at age 65. He died in 1999 at age 95 and was buried at Saint Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Ann Arbor.
caption: Hunt from the 1951 Michiganensian
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