Paul D. Hubbard

Not to be confused with Paul Hubbard or Paul Hubbard (American football coach).

Paul D. Hubbard

Gallaudet Bison
Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	1871
Died:	1946
Career history
College	Gallaudet (1892–1895)
Career highlights and awards
Inventor of the huddle.

Paul D. Hubbard (1871–1946) is a Deaf American Football player who is credited with inventing the modern huddle. He played with Gallaudet Bison football (Gallaudet University) from 1892-1895.

Early life

Paul D. Hubbard graduated from the Kansas State School For the Deaf.

Career

After his time at Gallaudet, Hubbard returned to Olathe, Kansas as a teacher and coach at the Kansas School for the Deaf. In fact, Hubbard initiated the school's football program in 1899. He coached at Kansas School for the Deaf for many years and eventually relinquished his titled as coach and finished the remainder of his years at Kansas School for the Deaf as a teacher and served as the school's first athletic director. He retired in 1942 after being there for 43 years.

Personal life

Hubbard married in 1901 to Caroline Bownson. They had two hearing children, a son and a daughter. Their daughter Pauline died at a young age, and the son went on to attend the Kansas Military Academy.

Legacy

Paul Hubbard attended the Gallaudet University in 1892, for the deaf and hard of hearing. As the quarterback of the team, he wants to keep secret when their team talks about the playing strategies. Then, he invented huddle, which means all team members are arrange in a round formation and doing sign inside the circle. Until now, there are many teams are still keep this traditional and expand to different forms.