The original head athletic trainer of the Miami Heat has passed away. Via the Sun Sentinel:
Banners commemorating the careers of six members of the Miami Heat hang above the team’s court. Ron Culp is one of them.
Tuesday, the team noted the death of the franchise’s first athletic trainer, on June 9, at the age of 75.
Unlike the retired jersey numbers of former Heat players Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, which hang from the west rafters of the facility now known as FTX Arena, Culp’s banner stands as a tribute to his 21 seasons with the team, featuring the words “Head Athletic Trainer.”
