In Memory

George Anderson (Faculty, Athletic Trainer)

George Anderson (Faculty, Athletic Trainer)

George Anderson, OHS Athletic Trainer

(b. 1-23-1929 - - d. 3-29-2012)

George Anderson dies at 83; Raiders trainer created a knee brace

He was head athletic trainer for the team for 35 years. His Anderson Knee Stabilizer, which distributed the impacts of hits to the leg above and below the knee, became standard for football players.

April 01, 2012|By Claire Noland, Los Angeles Times
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  • George Anderson moved with the Raiders from Oakland to Los Angeles and back again. He was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Assn. Hall of Fame in 1986.
George Anderson moved with the Raiders from Oakland to Los Angeles and back… (Oakland Raiders )

George Anderson, the longtime athletic trainer for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders who devised an innovative knee brace that became standard for football players, died Thursday in Santa Fe, N.M., his daughter Kristi Anderson Ornstein said.

He was 82 and had Parkinson's disease and diabetes.


FOR THE RECORD:

George Anderson: The obituary of former Raiders athletic trainer George Anderson in the April 1 California section gave his age as 82. Anderson was born Jan. 23, 1929, and was 83 when he died March 29. The obituary also omitted his wife, Gailey Vollmer, from the list of survivors. —