Upper Iowa University Athletics

ALAN MARTINDALE, class of 1973, is being inducted into the Upper Iowa University Athletic Hall of Fame as an athletic trainer. A native of Postville, Iowa and a 1969 graduate of Postville High School, he started his outstanding career in Athletic Training in 1969 as a student athletic trainer for the Peacocks. Martindale held this position for a year, working extensively with the football and wrestling programs. His senior year, Martindale was elected President of the Upper Iowa Letterman's Club.

Martindale's career goals in line, he attended Indiana State University at Terra Haute, Ind., earning a Masters of Science in 1974. Upon graduation, he took a position at Moline (Ill.) Senior High School as an Athletic Trainer and physical education instructor from 1974-77. Starting in 1977, Martindale embarked on an intercollegiate career that now totals 28 years at the University level. From 1977-83, he worked at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii, first as an assistant trainer and then for four years as the Head Athletic Trainer. In 1983, he accepted the position of Head Athletic Trainer in the prestigious Big Ten Conference at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill. He has worked with the Fighting Illini football program and now with the men's basketball program.

Martindale was inducted into the Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in May 1995. He has been invited to research for the Big Ten and NCAA on knee, neck and head injuries. Martindale's work experience has taken him to nine college football bowl games, and he has worked with the U.S. National Swim Team. In addition, Martindale served as the Athletic Trainer for the 2004-2005 University of Illinois men's basketball team as the Illini marched to a Big Ten championship and a spot in the NCAA Final Four.

Alan and his wife Lisa reside in Savoy, Ill. and are the parents of Meghan and Marc.