MANNY PACILLAS

MANNY PACILLAS

Inducted in 2009 Graduate of El Paso High School where he was All City and All District selection in football all four years Learned his trade the hard way by playing football and wrestling and understanding the aches and pains that players would have to deal with and recovery treatments that would produce the quickest and most positive permanent results Graduated with Honors from Texas Western College learning the skills of athletic training from their legendary Athletic Trainer Ross Moore Coached football and wrestling at Jefferson High School In 1963 his dream job became available and he was named the Athletic Trainer at Jefferson but continued to coach wrestling Spent 17 years at Jefferson High School Head Athletic Trainer at Burges High School from 1980 until he retired in 1992 Featured speaker on sports medicine and traveled throughout the Southwest delivering his message on rehabilitation, the need for special equipment, the procedures to help an athlete avoid and if necessary recover from a sports injury In his career, he was the trainer to all sports and to all athletes His road trips to keep the Mustang baseball players in the game are well documented He worked hard using preventive workouts to keep players in the game Retired in 1992 During his time as a high school trainer, he fought to make training a profession with better budgets and resources to care for high school athletes After leaving the school system he worked for Columbia Sports Medicine where he established an Athletic Trainer Directory for El Paso County athletic programs; established a Sports Medicine Clinic at the El Paso Wellness Center; volunteered care for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys and volunteered for the Annual High School All Star Football game Inducted in El Paso High Athletic Hall of Fame – – 1992 Inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame – – 1995 Inducted into the Sun City Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame – – 2003

Area: Eastside / Eastwood

Source: El Paso Baseball Hall Of Fame 2

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