Allison Thomas Stanislaus Hubert was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 6, 1901. "Papa Pooley" was a tackle and back at the University of Alabama from 1922-26; he was the quarterback in the 1925 Rose Bowl game. He was named to numerous All-American teams as a quarterback and as a fullback. He coached at VMI from 1937- 47, was in business 1948-51 and then settled in Waynesboro, Georgia to grow peaches. "Pooley" was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame in 1964. He is deceased.