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Jim The Machine Shearer enters his 33rd year with the Cardinals, assisting in all aspects of the training and medical areas.
Shearer has been on the field for 639 NFL games, including preseason and postseason since joining the Cardinals in 1974.
Shearer, along with fellow assistant Jeff Herndon, and head trainer John Omohundro were named the National Football League’s 1993 athletic training staff-of-the-year by the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) and recognized for that achievement at the annual Ed Block Courage Awards Dinner.
A graduate of the University of Wyoming with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, Shearer worked in Gillette, Wyoming as the city’s assistant recreation director and head trainer at Gillette High School before returning to Wyoming as a graduate assistant trainer in 1973-74.
Born in Worland, Wyoming, Shearer and his wife, Nelma, have a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Sarah. They reside in Tempe, AZ. | 