Pooley Hubert
American football player and sports coach (1901–1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Allison Thomas Stanislaus "Pooley" Hubert (April 6, 1901 – February 26, 1978) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. Regarded as one of the South's greatest college football stars, he played quarterback for coach Wallace Wade's football teams at the University of Alabama from 1922 to 1925, leading Alabama to its first bowl game, the 1926 Rose Bowl, known as "the game that changed the South." Wade called him "undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time." Hubert later became the head football and basketball coach at the Mississippi State Teachers College—now known as University of Southern Mississippi—and Virginia Military Institute. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1964.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1901-04-06)April 6, 1901 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | February 26, 1978(1978-02-26) (aged 76) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1922–1925 | Alabama |
Position(s) | Fullback, quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1931–1936 | Mississippi State Teachers |
1937–1946 | VMI |
Basketball | |
1932–1936 | Mississippi State Teachers |
1936–1937 | VMI |
1942–1943 | VMI |
Baseball | |
1934–1935 | Mississippi State Teachers |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 69–69–13 (football) 35–49 (basketball) 3–12 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1964 (profile) | |