As seen in a television commercial airing of late, the Gallaudet Bison football team used a 5G helmet for the first time in their October 7 game against Hilbert College.
My Aunt Dorothy Miles nee Squire is credited with writing the Gallaudet Bison football song (in ASL) when she was a student in 1960. She went on to be a Deaf poet and activist.
I also see that the Deaf Bison's QB Paul D Hubbard is said to have invented the huddle in 1890.
Thanks for telling the story of your aunt. I acknowledged Hubbard's role in my second book, but have never found much contemporary information about them huddling. If you know of any, please advise.
Awesome story! They had to be good losing to the Akron Pro by only 9-0, as the Pros outlasted some strong competition in the APFA in 1902 in Canton, Buffalo and Decatur.
In this entry it says "After college, Hubbard moved to Kansas and became an instructor at the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, Kan., where in 1899 he again used the huddle. Soon the system spread to football teams throughout the Midwest. University of Illinois Robert Zuppke admits he took the idea from "a deaf team he saw somewhere.""
My Aunt Dorothy Miles nee Squire is credited with writing the Gallaudet Bison football song (in ASL) when she was a student in 1960. She went on to be a Deaf poet and activist.
I also see that the Deaf Bison's QB Paul D Hubbard is said to have invented the huddle in 1890.
Thanks for telling the story of your aunt. I acknowledged Hubbard's role in my second book, but have never found much contemporary information about them huddling. If you know of any, please advise.
I can't help with any contemporary information. Gallaudet makes the claim on its web site but does not give a source.
https://gallaudet.edu/museum/history/when-gallaudet-university-football-invented-the-huddle/#:~:text=We%20changed%20the%20game.&text=Paul%20Hubbard%2C%20the%20quarterback%2C%20didn,now%20known%20as%20a%20huddle.
Awesome story! They had to be good losing to the Akron Pro by only 9-0, as the Pros outlasted some strong competition in the APFA in 1902 in Canton, Buffalo and Decatur.
In this entry it says "After college, Hubbard moved to Kansas and became an instructor at the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, Kan., where in 1899 he again used the huddle. Soon the system spread to football teams throughout the Midwest. University of Illinois Robert Zuppke admits he took the idea from "a deaf team he saw somewhere.""
https://gallaudetbison.com/honors/hall-of-fame/paul-hubbard/53