2000 Hall of Fame Inductee

GERALD DOC KUBLI - Yreka, CA

Football- 1946, 1947

Baseball- 1947, 1948

Gerry came to Chico State after World War II. His undergraduate work was done at Yuba College prior to the war and 30 credits at University of San Francisco after World War II.

While at Chico State, he was an End on the '46 and '47 Football Teams and the Right Fielder for Chico State's first two baseball seasons since the '20's. During his second baseball season, Chico State won the first post-war Championship. Roy Bohler called Jerry the most versatile member of the 1948 Baseball Season. Another plus to the sports program was the fact he was a Chief Navy Pharmacist Mate in WWII. This training made him see work on the Athletic Teams as a trainer.&emdash;the start of the program&emdash;Sports Medicine, which is such as integral part of sports today. During his graduate year, he served as full time trainer for football and boxing, which was a first.

After graduation, he spent thirty years in teaching in Northern California: teaching in Vacaville, Sutter and Marysville High Schools and counseling and principal in the Siskiyou High School District in Weed, Mt. Shasta, Fort Jones, and Yreka High Schools.

He met his wife, Em, a Navy Nurse, in the Pacific Theatre of Operation in WWII. They raised four children.