Tom LaFountain earned a knack for breaking and setting record, many of which still remain intact. He was blessed with a golden arm that propelled him to the top on the football field. He now uses the same delicate touch as a chiropractor.

Born in Utica in 1956, his first taste of success came in Little League baseball. He set a state Little League record with 26 career home runs (team-years), a feat that remains unbroken.

He went on to an all-star football career at John F. Kennedy High School, where he was named a second team all-state quarterback in 1973. From 1970 to 1973, he set the Section III record for career touchdown passes (44), another record that has not yet been surpassed.

In his freshman year at Hamilton College in 1974, he emerged as the second ranked small college quarterback in the nation. "He has good presence, good leadership. He's a winner," said Continentals head coach Don Jones of LaFountain prior to his sophomore season.

LaFountain was twice a Division III all-star quarterback at Hamilton. He was second in the nation in passing and tenth in total offense His senior year. He still owns the Hamilton College record for single-game pass completions (30), established vs. Hobart (1974). He was co-captain and most valuable player on Hamilton s baseball team in 1978.

After receiving his B.A. degree in economics in 1978, LaFountain went on to medical school. He studied at Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis and at New York Chiropractic College in Glen Head. Dr. LaFountain opened his chiropractic practice in Utica in 1982 and expanded to New Hartford in 1992.

From 1991 to 1992, he served as team physician for the U.S.'s World Cup speedskating team in Berlin, Germany, in Warsaw, Poland and in Haranveen, Holland. LaFountain was named a team physician for the U.S. Olympic speed skating team at Albertville, France in t 992, and was on the U.S. Team s medical staff at the Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway (1994) and Atlanta, Ga. (1996).

In March, 1997, he joined the medical staff of the PGA Tour, and is currently Director of Chiropractic Services.

His brother, Jim, preceded him into the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.