Cal Hubbard
Cal Hubbard
Robert Calvin Hubbardwas a professional American football player and Major League Baseballumpire. After playing football at Centenary College and Geneva College, Hubbard played in the National Football Leaguebetween 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth11 October 1900
CountryUnited States of America
Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing the rule book.
It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order.
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.
When it was time for a player to go, he went.
Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
I went to PE classes and started getting kids out there, ... They'd say, 'I've never played golf before,' and I'd say, 'I don't care.'