Football Daily

Born April 6, 1901, in Meridian, Mississippi, was the awesome Alabama halfback/quarterback from 1922 through the 1925 season, Pooley Hubert was born. We have told the story of the January 1, 1926 Rose Bowl game a couple of times when we focussed on George Wildcat Wilson of Washington and Johnny Mack Brown of ‘Bama but another important character important to that game that put Southern football on the map was Pooley Hubert. If you recollect Alabama held on for an exciting 20-19 victory over the Huskies. That was Pooley’s last collegiate game and what a way to finish, setting the standard for Alabama football for times to come. For his career Hubert scored 35 touchdowns, scoring at least 3 TDs in six different games and led the Tide to a 31-6-2 record with him in the backfield. The FootballFoundation.org points out that his defensive prowess prompted Southern sportswriters to herald him as "the greatest defensive back ever to appear on Grant Field in Atlanta." His Head Coach Wallace Wade stated: "Pooley was the greatest team leader and play-maker that I ever coached in my long career." Hubert was an All-Southern selection in 1924 and 1925 and, with J. Mack Brown, gave the 1925 Tide a pair of outstanding All- Americans. Coach Wade also commented that Pooley was, "undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time!" Pooley Hubert received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.