Allison Hubert

Allison Hubert

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1901-04-06)April 6, 1901 Meridian, Mississippi
Died	Waynesboro, Georgia
Playing career
1922–1925	Alabama
Position(s)	Fullback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931–1936	Southern Miss
1937–1946	VMI
Basketball
1932–1936	Southern Miss
1936–1937	VMI
1942–1943	VMI
Baseball
1934–1935	Southern Miss
Head coaching record
Overall	69–69–13 (football) 35–49 (basketball) 3–12 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Southern (1924, 1925)
Awards
2x All-Southern (1924, 1925)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1964 (profile)

Allison Thomas "Pooley" Hubert (April 6, 1901 – February 26, 1978) was an All American American football player who played at the University of Alabama from 1922 to 1925. He later became the head football and basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi and the Virginia Military Institute. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964. Coach Wallace Wade called him "undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time."

Pooley dropped out of high school to fight in World War I. He earned a scholarship to play football at Princeton University but arrived too late for the entrance exams. He tried a few other schools before ultimately enrolling at the University of Alabama as a 20-year-old freshman. By the time he was a 24-year-old senior, his teammates had begun calling him "Papa Pooley" because he was so much older than them.

Pooley initially played tackle in college, but was eventually put in the backfield where he excelled at fullback and quarterback . He has been called the "greatest defensive back of all time." The climax of his college career was the final game in which he played a key role helping the Alabama win the 1925 national championship by defeating the Washington, 20–19, in the 1926 Rose Bowl.

He was a college football coach at Southern Miss, and VMI. From 1931 to 1936, he coached at Southern Miss, where he compiled a 26–24–5 record. From 1937 to 1946, he coached at VMI, where he compiled a 43–45–8 record. His 1938 squad set a school record with four ties. His best season came in 1940, when he went 7–2–1.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southern Miss Eagles (Independent) (1931–1936)
1931	Southern Miss	2–5
1932	Southern Miss	5–4
1933	Southern Miss	3–5–2
1934	Southern Miss	3–4–2
1935	Southern Miss	6–4
1936	Southern Miss	7–2–1
Southern Miss:		26–24–5
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1937–1946)
1937	VMI	5–5	5–2	5th
1938	VMI	6–1–4	4–0–3	4th
1939	VMI	6–3–1	3–1–1	6th
1940	VMI	7–2–1	3–2–1	7th
1941	VMI	4–6	4–2	6th
1942	VMI	3–5–1	2–4–1	10th
1943	VMI	2–6	1–3	8th
1944	VMI	1–8	1–5	8th
1945	VMI	5–4	3–2	6th
1946	VMI	4–5–1	3–3–1	8th
VMI:		43–45–8	29–24–7
Total:		69–69–13

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Independent) (1932–1936)
1932–33	Southern Miss	4–10
1933–34	Southern Miss	7–6
1934–35	Southern Miss	3–9
1935–36	Southern Miss	7–5
Southern Miss:		21–30
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1936–1937, 1942–1943)
1936–37	VMI	6–11	5–11	13th
1942–43	VMI	8–8	7–5	7th
VMI:		14–19	12–16
Total:		35–49

External links

• Allison Hubert at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Allison Hubert at the College Football Data Warehouse