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Allison Hubert

Pooley Hubert
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Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1901-04-06)April 6, 1901
Meridian, Mississippi
Died February 26, 1978(1978-02-26) (aged 76)
Waynesboro, Georgia
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
2 SoCon (as player, 1924, 1925)
Awards
2x All-Southern (1924, 1925)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1964 (profile)

Allison Thomas Stanislaus "Pooley" Hubert (April 6, 1901 – February 26, 1978) was one of the South's greatest American football players. He played quarterback for coach Wallace Wade's football teams at the University of Alabama from 1922 to 1925, leading Alabama to its first Rose Bowl victory in 1925, known as "the game that changed the South." Coach Wade called him "undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time." He later became the head football and basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi and the Virginia Military Institute. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.

Pooley dropped out of high school to fight in World War I. He earned a scholarship to play football at Princeton University but arrived too late for the entrance exams. He tried a few other schools including Georgia Tech (for which he was one day late) before ultimately enrolling at the University of Alabama as a 20-year-old freshman.

Pooley initially played tackle in college, but was eventually put in the backfield where he excelled at fullback and quarterback. In those days of one-platoon football, players played on both offense, defense, and special teams. Not only was Hubert his team's best passer; he was also called the "greatest defensive back of all time." He wore number 10. He stood 5'10" and 190 pounds.


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