Robert Cecil Hubbard (December 27, 1922 – August 27, 2011) was an American professional
basketball player.
[Bob Hubbard]
basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2013. Hubbard played in the
National Basketball League,
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA absorbed most of National Basketball League (NBL) and rebranded as the National Ba ...
,
New York State Basketball League and
American Basketball League in his six-year career. Hubbard played collegiately at
Springfield College
Springfield College is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts. It confers undergraduate and graduate degrees.
It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...
in
Massachusetts and was selected by the
Providence Steamrollers in the
1947 BAA draft
The 1947 BAA draft was the 1st draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The fledgling BAA held a joint draft with the established National Basketball League (NBL). Both le ...
.
BAA career statistics
Regular season
References
External links
Hubbard's obituary
1922 births
2011 deaths
American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
American men's basketball players
American military personnel of World War II
Basketball players from Massachusetts
Centers (basketball)
Dartmouth College alumni
Forwards (basketball)
People from West Springfield, Massachusetts
Providence Steamrollers draft picks
Providence Steamrollers players
Springfield Pride men's basketball players
Tri-Cities Blackhawks players
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