David Joyner (athletic director)
player of American football
David M. Joyner, an orthopedic physician and a former member of the Penn State University Board of Trustees, is a former athletic director for Penn State.
He played football for Penn State in the 1970s. He wrestled for Penn State as well, finishing second in the 1971 NCAA Championships at heavyweight. He graduated from Penn State in 1972 with a degree in science and received his medical doctorate from Penn State in 1976. He worked as an orthopedic surgeon and later worked with the World Football League.
He focused his career on sports medicine, e.g. as chair of the United States Olympic Sports Medicine Committee. He served as chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sports Medicine Committee from 1993 to 2000 and oversaw the committee in charge of anti-doping during a time that is remembered as being tainted by pervasive doping. For example, US athletes Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones, and the men's relay team were eventually stripped of the medals won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. There were also allegations of unethical testing procedures.
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