Wilbur V. Hubbard | |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1907 |
Birth Place: | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Placerville, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1925–1928 |
Player Team2: | San Jose State |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1925–1929 |
Player Team4: | San Jose State |
Player Positions: | Quarterback (football), guard (basketball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1947–1949 |
Coach Team2: | San Jose State |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1935–1940 |
Coach Team4: | San Jose State |
Coach Years5: | 1944–1945 |
Coach Team5: | San Jose State |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1933–1934 |
Coach Team7: | San Jose State |
Coach Sport8: | Golf |
Coach Years9: | 1948 |
Coach Team9: | San Jose State |
Admin Years1: | 1950–1960 |
Admin Team1: | San Jose State |
Overall Record: | 36–11–1 (football) 65–57 (basketball) 18–12–1 (baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 2–0 |
Championships: | Football 3 CCAA (1946, 1948–1949) Golf 1 NCAA (1948) |
Wilbur Virgil "Bill" Hubbard (February 5, 1907 – January 2, 1986) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach.
Hubbard was an outstanding athlete at San Jose State University. He lettered four times as a quarterback in football and four times as a guard on the school's basketball team.
Hubbard transferred to Stanford University in 1930 with the hopes of playing on the school's football team, but he was ruled ineligible due to playing for four years at San Jose State.[1]
Hubbard returned to San Jose State to coach a number of sports, including being the head football (1947–1949),[2] basketball (1935–1940, 1944–1945),[3] and baseball coach.
Perhaps his most notable achievement was leading the San Jose State men's golf team to a national championship in 1948.[4]
Hubbard suffered a stroke on December 24, 1985, at his home in Shingle Springs, California. He died on January 2, 1986, at a hospital in Placerville, California.[5]