Cal Hubbard Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
October 31, 1900 – October, 17, 1977.

Robert Calvin Hubbard (October 31, 1900 – October 17, 1977) was a professional American football player and Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. After playing football at Centenary College and Geneva College, Hubbard played in the National Football League (NFL) between 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.

Also known as American Football Player

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.

Cal Hubbard
- Game
- Team
- Pressure
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.

Cal Hubbard
- You
- Better
- Once

When it was time for a player to go, he went.

Cal Hubbard
- Time
- Player
- Go
I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order.

Cal Hubbard
- Guy
- Game
- Always
Excellent. It's a good group, ... We won last weekend (at the Decatur Eisenhower Cleveland Invitational) and shot 311 and 320. Those are good scores. It was ideal conditions. But the kids played well. The second day we had three girls in the 70s.

Cal Hubbard
- Good
- Conditions
- Ideal
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.

Cal Hubbard
- Know
- Me
- Play
It's always nice to get a win on Senior Night. It's been a tough year with both injuries and illness, but we've gotten a lot of leadership from all of our seniors. Matt Anderson has been a big for us coming back from a broken foot. Tyler McNeely (senior No. 4) was there for us all year until he broke his wrist. We'll miss all of them.

Cal Hubbard
- Nice
- Win
- Senior Night
If you commit six turnovers you should have won the basketball game.

Cal Hubbard

As long as our kids can focus on playing their games and not worry about what everybody else is shooting at them and they take care of attacking the golf course, I think we'll be OK.

Cal Hubbard
- Kids
- Focus
- Games
Every kid out there has worked hard on their game this summer. They have improved a lot.

Cal Hubbard
- Game
- Summer
- Kid
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.

Cal Hubbard
- Job
- Book
- Discipline
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.'

Cal Hubbard
- Never
- Golf
- Played