
Robert "Cal" Hubbard -- Milan, Missouri
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BruceS
N 40° 12.140 W 093° 07.491
15T E 489374 N 4450222
Marker giving information about former professional football player and MLB umpire who lived in Milan, Missouri for much of his adult life.
Waymark Code: WMH0CQ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2013
Views: 10
Text of marker:
Robert "Cal" Hubbard
(1900-1977)
Sullivan County Resident 1944-45, 1948-77.
All-American football player at Centenary (LA) and Geneva (PA) Colleges 1922-1927
Professional football player with the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Pirates 1927-1936.
Supervisor of American League Umpires 1954-1970.
- Professional Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH (1962)
- The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY (1976)
- College Football Hall of Fame, South Bend, IN (1962)
- Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (1954)
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1965)
- Helms Foundation Hall of Fame (1969)
- Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame (1970)
Named to Grantland Rice's All-time All-American Football Team.
Named to Football's All-Time All-Professional Team in 1970.
Only Person ever inducted into both Professional Football and Baseball Halls' of Fame