Racer Athletics Saddened At The Passing Of Dr. Dick Stout

Murray State Athletics is 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 37795

Saturday, September 22, 2018, surrounded by his family at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville.

Visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Murray on Saturday, Sept 29th, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. followed by funeral services at 2 p.m.

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 the current era. He often spoke of his love of the trick play called the halfback pass.
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Dick was a compassionate physician who earned his M.D. degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1964. He performed his pediatric residency at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, at Baptist Memorial and John Gaston Hospitals from 1964-1967, followed by a pediatric allergy fellowship under Dr. Lloyd Crawford at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee, Memphis, from 1967-68. 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.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents, Carl M. Sr. and Elizabeth Covington Stout, and his sister, Beverly Stout Garland. He is survived by his brother, Carl M. Stout (Carolyn), his wife of 58 years, Lynn Hahs Stout, daughter Elizabeth Stout Paulsen (Rick), and sons, Robert Stout (Debbie), Richard Stout (Kate), and Danny Lee Stout Johnson. He is also survived by his eight loving grandchildren, Covington and Blaire Paulsen, Cartter, William and McNeill Stout, and Reed, Malone and Whit Stout. 37793

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made to the ALS Foundation, Kentucky Chapter, 8640 Haines Drive, Suite F, Florence, Kentucky 41042, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 – 9959, the Murray State University, % Racer Club Unrestricted, CFSB Ticket Office, 1401 State Route 121 North, Murray, Kentucky 42071 or the First United Methodist Church, 503 Maple Street, Murray, Kentucky 42071.

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Racer Athletics Saddened At The Passing Of Dr. Dick Stout

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