Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Cal Hubbard

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Cal Hubbard.

Last updated on October 3, 2024.

Robert Calvin Hubbard was an American professional football player and Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. After playing college football at Centenary College and Geneva College, Hubbard played in the National Football League (NFL) between 1927 and 1936 for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Pirates, playing the bulk of his career with the Packers. Hubbard is credited as being one of the inventors of the football position of linebacker.

American - Athlete | October 11, 1900 - October 17, 1977

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When it was time for a player to go, he went.

Cal Hubbard

The call that always seemed the toughest to me was the slide and tag play at second. You can see it coming, but you don't know which way the runner is going to slide, where the throw is going to be, and how the fielder is going to take the throw.

Cal Hubbard