Hall of Fame
Jay Colville ended his 47th year as head trainer and dean of Miami's athletic staff in 1969. He entered Miami in 1921 and became head trainer three years later.
As a student he was a welterweight boxer and a guard on the football team. Since graduation in 1926, Colville has taught physical education and coached boxing (1935-50) and wrestling (1950-54). He helped to establish the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and was instrumental in hosting its third annual national convention at Miami in 1953. He served as president of the NATA, 1951-53.
Colville was trainer for the United States Olympic boxing team at Melbourne, Australia, in 1956. He was selected into the Helms Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 1966. Two of Colville's former assistants have been Marvin Pollins, head trainer of the Cincinnati Bengals, and Tom Healion, trainer at Indiana. Reflecting on his long ministry to Miami athletes, Jay has often remarked: "I reckon I could recognize a thousand men by their ankles and the bottoms of their feet."
Colville was also inducted into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame in November of 1969.
