An athletic trainer since 1948, Buddy Taylor got his start with the Richmond Rams semipro football team. He served as head athletic trainer and assistant professor at Winston Salem State University beginning in 1974. Taylor made a name as an excellent lecturer, author and teacher of athletic training skills and served as athletic for various international athletic teams, Taylor was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame i981. He died in 2003 at the age of 74.