37 Facts About Marv Hubbard

Marvin Ronald Hubbard was an American professional football fullback who played seven seasons in the National Football League, primarily for the Oakland Raiders.

Marv Hubbard played college football for the Colgate Raiders and was selected in the 1968 common draft by the Oakland Raiders.

Marv Hubbard joined the Hartford Knights of the Atlantic Coast Football League, where he led the league in rushing yards.

Marv Hubbard rejoined Oakland, and played in the AFL's final season, before it merged with the NFL.

Marv Hubbard then played his final season in the NFL with the Detroit Lions.

Marv Hubbard was a three-time NFL All-Pro for the Raiders, and helped lead the team to four consecutive AFC Western Division titles from 1972 to 1975 and three consecutive AFC championship games from 1973 to 1975.

Marv Hubbard is ranked third in NFL history for highest yards per carry for a fullback, and is tied for 13th overall highest yards per carry in NFL history.

Marv Hubbard attended Randolph High School in rural Randolph, New York, near Jamestown.

Marv Hubbard attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Marv Hubbard lettered three years, leading the team in rushing in 1965 with 665 yards and 1966 with 893 yards, at the time the second-highest total in Colgate history.

Marv Hubbard ended his career as the school's second-leading rusher with 1,887 yards and 22 touchdowns.

In 1995, Marv Hubbard was inducted into the Colgate University Athletic Hall of Honor.

Marv Hubbard was selected in the eleventh round by the Oakland Raiders in the 1968 common draft, but was released in preseason cuts due to an initial inability to adjust to the professional game.

Marv Hubbard met the same fate with the Denver Broncos, before signing with the Hartford Knights of the Atlantic Coast Football League.

Marv Hubbard was one of those guys who truly enjoyed the collision.

Marv Hubbard averaged 4.82 yards per carry during his professional career, which ranks third all time for an NFL fullback and is tied for 13th for all-time top yards per carry for any player in NFL history.

Marv Hubbard was a standout for the Raiders from 1971 to 1974 and part of 1975, and gave Oakland's fearsome air attack a balanced running threat.

Marv Hubbard helped lead the Raiders team to four consecutive AFC Western Division titles from 1972 to 1975 and three consecutive AFC Conference Championship Finals from 1973 to 1975.

Marv Hubbard led the Raiders in rushing four straight seasons from 1971 to 1974, and averaged over 1,000 total yards from scrimmage in each.

Marv Hubbard gained 1,100 yards rushing during the 1972 season, becoming the Raiders then all-time single season rushing leader.

Marv Hubbard rushed for a total of 4,544 rushing yards, 3,755 of which came during his four full-time years from 1971 to 1974.

Marv Hubbard was named to the NFL's AFC Pro Bowl Team in 1971,1972 and 1973.

Marv Hubbard scored 24 touchdowns during his career, six of which were against his favorite opponent, the formidable Kansas City Chiefs.

Marv Hubbard was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on December 17,1973, after the Raiders won a pivotal game over the division rival Chiefs.

Marv Hubbard kept an enlarged graphic of that magazine cover in his office throughout his post-football career.

Marv Hubbard was an effective pass receiver coming out of the backfield, and caught 85 passes for 624 total yards, averaged 7.4 yards per reception.

Multiple shoulder injuries sidelined him for part of 1975, and Marv Hubbard spent all of the 1976 season on injured reserve.

Marv Hubbard received a Super Bowl ring for being a team member of the 1976 Raiders, who won Super Bowl XI.

Marv Hubbard sustained, in the words of his wife, "more concussions than you could count" during his playing career.

Marv Hubbard was a country musician and songwriter for a brief period after football, and released the single "Fullbacks Ain't Supposed to Cry" in 1978.

Marv Hubbard co-wrote " Win This One", a motivational song co-produced and released as single by Hoyt Axton in 1981, on Axton's own Jeremiah Records label.

Marv Hubbard went on to become a computer programmer, working for some of the insurance companies in Hartford, Connecticut.

Marv Hubbard loved to golf and frequently donated his time and autographed memorabilia to charity celebrity tournaments.

On September 27,2003, Marv Hubbard was involved in a car accident in Castro Valley, California, in which the driver of the other car was killed.

Marv Hubbard died on May 4,2015, just three days shy of his 69th birthday, from complications of prostate cancer.

Marv Hubbard had a wife of 49 years, two children, and five grandchildren.

Marv Hubbard was posthumously inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.