Dick Stout (2000) - Hall of Fame - Murray State University Athletics

Dick Stout

Induction:
2000

Dr. Dick Stout – Baseball and Football, 1956-1960 (Deceased)

Murray State Athletics was saddened at the news of the passing of Racer Great Dr. Dick Stout, a native of Murray, and a 1960 graduate of Murray State University. Dr. Stout, 79, died Saturday, September 22, 2018, surrounded by his family at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville.
Born in Murray on October 29, 1938, Dr. Stout grew up as a Murray State Racer and was always one of the most ardent supporters of MSU Athletics.
An accomplished athlete, Dick graduated from Murray High School in 1956, and is a member of the Football Hall of Fame, Baseball Hall of Fame, and All Sports Hall of Fame for the Tigers.
He received his B.A. from Murray State in 1960, where he played both varsity football for the Racers and baseball for the 'Breds all four years.
In 2000, Dr. Stout was inducted into the Murray State Hall of Fame.
Dick even had a part in starting the tradition of Racer One and in 1976 Violet Cactus was the first horse with jockey aboard to circle the Stewart Stadium track after a Racer touchdown.
Dick was close with many of the MSU Football head coaches from when he played all the way up to his death. He often spoke of his love of the trick play called the halfback pass.
Dick was a compassionate physician who earned his M.D. degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1964.
He entered the U.S. Army in the fall of 1968 and completed his allergy training at the University of Washington, Seattle, while stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington.
He returned to Murray with his family in 1970 where he joined the Murray-Calloway County Hospital staff and began his practice as a pediatric allergist at the Houston-McDevitt Clinic.
He later founded the Allergy Clinic of West Kentucky, where he served generations of patients throughout the area for forty-five years until his retirement.