Paul D. Hubbard
{{Short description|American football player (1871–1946)}}
{{Distinguish |Paul Hubbard (wide receiver)| Paul Hubbard (American football coach)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Paul D. Hubbard
|school=Gallaudet Bison
|birth_date=1871
|death_date={{death year and age|1946|1871}}
|currentposition=Quarterback
|pastschools=Gallaudet (1892–1895)
|highlights=
- Inventor of the huddle
}}
Paul D. Hubbard (1871–1946) was a deaf American football player who is credited with inventing the modern huddle.{{cite web|url=http://www.gallaudetathletics.com/hof/bios/hubbard_paul|title=Paul Hubbard bio - Gallaudet via Wayback Machine|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518211951/http://www.gallaudetathletics.com/hof/bios/hubbard_paul |archive-date=2015-05-18 }} He played football at Gallaudet University from 1892 to 1895.{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/marci/sports.htm|title=sports and the deaf (ASL)|publisher=}}
Early life
Hubbard graduated from the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind in 1889. He attended Gallaudet University and graduated in 1896. As the quarterback of the football team, he invented the circular huddle used in football games.{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/football-02.htm|title="Football and the Deaf" American Sign Language (ASL)|publisher=}}
Career
After his time at Gallaudet, Hubbard moved to Olathe, Kansas and worked as a teacher and coach at the Kansas School for the Deaf. Hubbard initiated the school's football program in 1899. He coached at Kansas School for the Deaf for many years. He eventually relinquished his titled as coach and finished the remainder of his years as a teacher and served as the school's first athletic director. He retired in 1942 after 43 years at the school.
In addition to his work as a teacher and coach, Hubbard owned a mine and was the president of a uranium mining company.{{cite web|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-45457|title="Gallaudet University Alumni Cards: Paul D. Hubbard"}}
Personal life
Hubbard married in 1901 to Caroline Brownson.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/479695393/ |title=Personal |date=14 June 1901 |newspaper=The Atchison Daily Globe|access-date=9 October 2023|page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} They had two hearing children, a son and a daughter. Their daughter, Pauline, died at 10 years old,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/480075010/ |title=City Items |date=15 June 1918 |newspaper=The Atchison Daily Globe|access-date=9 October 2023|page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}} and the son went on to attend the Kansas Military Academy.