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Robert (Cal) Hubbard - Class of 1963
Tackle (1929-33, 1935)
Although his career was bookended by stints with the New York Giants (1927-28, 1936), plus one game with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1936), Robert Calvin Hubbard -- better known as Cal -- played the bulk of his nine-year professional football career with the Green Bay Packers.
In an era when 6-foot players were considered tall, Hubbard was a giant. Although listed at 6-foot-2, 253 pounds by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in Green Bay publicity material of the time, Hubbard is listed at 6-foot-5.
A defensive star with the Giants, after Hubbard was traded to Green Bay he returned to his primary college position at tackle while also serving as a backup defensive lineman. In his first three seasons in Green Bay, the Packers won as many NFL Championships.
Hubbard, who played college football at Centenary and Geneva, earned All-Pro honors from the NFL three times from 1931-33.
In 1970, he was selected to the NFL's All-50 Year Team.
In 1994, he was selected to the NFL's All-Time Two-Way Team.
Hubbard wore several numbers throughout his Packers career: 27 (1933), 38 (1931), 39 (1929), 40 (1930-32), 51 (1935).
In 1936, immediately following his NFL career, Hubbard used the experience he'd gained umpiring baseball games during the summers in Green Bay to become an American League umpire.
By 1958, Hubbard was the AL's umpire-in-chief. In 1976 he was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hubbard is the only person to be in both the Baseball and Football Hall of Fames.
Robert Calvin Hubbard, born October 31, 1900, in Keytesville, Mo., died October 17, 1977, at the age of 76.
Hubbard's Career Stats courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau:
| Year | G | Rec. TD | INT-TD | Points | | 1927 (NYG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1928 (NYG) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1929 (GB) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1930 (GB) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | | 1931 (GB) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1932 (GB) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1933 (GB) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1935 (GB) | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | | 1936 (Pitt) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1936 (NYG) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 105 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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