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Sports Medicine
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Dr.
James
Smith
Dr.
James
Smith is
entering
his
seventh
year as
the
Wonder
Boys’
football
team
physician.
Smith
serves
as an
internal
medicine
specialist
at
Millard-Henry
Clinic
in
Russellville.
Dr.
Jim
Lieblong
Dr. Jim
Lieblong
is
entering
his 20th
year as
the eye
care
professional
for Tech
Athletics.
He
assists
the
student-athletes
with
their
eye care
needs
and is
associated
with
Lieblong
Eye Care
Clinic
in
Russellville.
Dr.
Bruce
Brown
Dr.
Bruce
Brown is
entering
his 14th
year as
Tech’s
orthopaedic
doctor.
Brown is
the
director
of
Arkansas
Orthopaedic
Center
in
Russellville.
Dr.
Owen
Kelly
Dr. Owen
Kelly
enters
his
second
year in
association
with
Tech
Athletics.
He works
primarily
with
Tech’s
women’s
sports
teams.
Kelly
practices
at
Arkansas
Orthopaedic
Insititute
in
Russellville.
Dr.
Stanley
Teeter,
Team
Doctor
Emeritus
It was
Sept.
21,
1968,
when Dr.
Stan
Teeter
first
stood on
the
sideline
of an
Arkansas
Tech
football
game as
the
school’s
official
team
doctor.
Prior to
his
retirement
in
December
of 2000,
Teeter
spent
154
Saturday
afternoons
or
nights
on the
same
sideline
– a span
of some
33
years.
He
examined
some
6,000
student-athletes
over the
years
and
played a
major
role in
keeping
those
young
men and
women
healthy.
As a
result,
Tech’s
athletic
teams
won 48
conference
championships
during
his time
as team
doctor.
Teeter
practiced
in
Russellville
between
1965-2000
and he
was a
full-time
family
practitioner
with
Millard-Henry
Clinic.
Before
joining
Millard-Henry
Clinic,
he
served
five
years as
a flight
surgeon
in the
United
States
Navy.
Before
his
retirement
in 2000,
Teeter
was
selected
by the
readers
of The
Courier
as “Best
Doctor”
in the
Arkansas
River
Valley.
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