John H. Hubbard (February 6, 1886 â April 2, 1978) was an American college football player and coach. He played as a halfback at Amherst College from 1903 to 1906. Hubbard served as the head football coach at Amherst from 1907 to 1909 and at Massachusetts Agricultural CollegeâÂÂnow the University of Massachusetts AmherstâÂÂin 1911. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1966. Hubbard died on April 2, 1978, at the Adams House Health Care Center in Torrington, Connecticut.