Pooley Hubert
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 6, 1901 Meridian, Mississippi |
| Died | February 26, 1978 (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) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1964 (profile) |
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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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