Cal Hubbard
Athlete
1900-10-11 – 1977-10-17
American athlete and official who is the only person inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He later became a respected Major League Baseball umpire and supervisor.
Quotes by Cal Hubbard
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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.
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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.
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