Robert "Cal" Hubbard -- Milan, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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

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History of Mark: Not listed

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