Trafton was a two-year letterwinner on the Husson men's basketball team (1957,59) and the Husson baseball team (1957,61), playing for legendary Hall of Fame head coach and fellow inductee Del Merrill.
On the hardwood, Trafton scored 302 points and grabbed 225 rebounds in 29 career games played, while averaging 10.4 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He shot 42.5 percent (121-for-285) from the floor and 56.1 percent (60-for-107) from the free throw line.
Trafton helped the Braves two NCC Championships in 1957 and 1959 and was a member of the 1957 State of Maine Small College Runner-Up squad.
At the end of his graduation, Trafton ranked 11th all-time in field throw percentage, tied for 12th in free throws made, 13th in points, 14th in field goals made, 15th in field goals attempted, 16th in free throws attempted and tied for 17th in games played.
On the diamond, Trafton batted .313 (10-for-32) with eight RBIs, ten hits, ten runs scored, three stolen bases and six walks in 13 games played. He helped the Braves earn the 1961 NCC Championship.
After graduating from Husson in 1961, Trafton went on to coach at John Bapst High School of Bangor and was so the executive director of Bass Park in Bangor - home of the Bangor Auditorium - and served as president of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, president and commissioner of the International Basketball league, chief administrative officer of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and executive director of the Arizona State Fair and Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.
He was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2003, the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Trafton was an outstanding player at Morse High School.
