Fred Hobdy had simple words of encouragement when Patricia Cage-Bibbs talked about leaving: “If you can make it at Grambling,” he told her, “you can make it anywhere.” Hobdy, the legendary former GSU men’s basketball coach and athletic administrator, was right, of course. Cage-Bibbs, after putting the Grambling women’s basketball program on the map, has [...]
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Grambling Legends applaud quiet contributor Melvin Lee
For Grambling’s ageless Eddie Robinson, Melvin Lee was a constant. Over nearly five decades, Lee either played for Robinson or coached beside him. Yet he remains a shadowy figure in his old boss’ march to a still-standing Division I record of 408 career football victories. Lee, unassuming and fiercely steadfast as an offensive assistant, was [...]
Richwood coaching icon was a Grambling Legend first
Mackie Freeze, known today as a sideline icon at Richwood, had already established his credentials during a memorable stint as a student athlete at Grambling. Freeze was a standout pitcher, helping the Tigers win 120 of 137 baseball games over his final three college seasons. That included Grambling’s first-ever national NAIA championship under the late [...]
Grambling's unassuming White now called a 'Legend'
As unassuming off the field as he was dramatic on it, Sammy White is finally finding recognition for a too-often overlooked football career. A three-time SWAC champion, twice both All-SWAC first team and NCAA Division II All-America, a three-time NFL All-Pro, then a five-time league champion over an 11-year stint as assistant coach at Grambling [...]
Grambling Legends had different focus for second class of inductees
The Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame’s inaugural class was full of familiar names. There were four NFL Hall-of-Famers, an NBA Hall-of-Famer, and the four late “legends” that made Grambling into what it is today — football coach Eddie Robinson, basketball coach Fred Hobdy, school president Ralph W.E. Jones, and sports information Director Collie J. [...]
New hall of fame class announced by Grambling Legends
Fifteen contributors from Grambling State University lore — including Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams — have earned 2010 induction into the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame. This year’s honorees also include two-time American Football League all-star Garland Boyette, 400-game winning women’s college basketball coach Patricia Bibbs, hall of fame trainer Eugene “Doc” Harvey, [...]
Mary Hobdy was more than the widow of Grambling hoops legend
She was best known in these pages as the wife and widow of Fred Hobdy, the state’s winningest men’s basketball coach ever – and the only one to claim a national championship. But to her school, and to her community, and to her church, so was so very much more.
Grambling officially petitions to name Assembly Center for Fred Hobdy
Grambling’s Fred Hobdy won more college basketball games than any coach in Louisiana history, and was an integral part in the school’s only two undefeated seasons in football. By Friday, the long-overdue honor of naming GSU’s new multi-purpose basketball facility after Hobdy will be complete. Grambling this week is officially petitioning its oversight committee, the [...]
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