E. G. Hubbard

 

Sponsor

 

Inducted 1991

 

Mr. Hubbard was one of our most faithful ASA team sponsors.  He sponsored one or more teams each year from 1976 through 1991.  Mr. Hubbard sponsored Oil Equipment Sales and Service Company (OESSCO), better known to us as Hi-Tides.  At the time of his induction, four of his original players were still with the team.  Most of the members on their roster remained with the team once signed.  They said Mr. Hubbard was too good of a sponsor to leave him.  His teams never went on the field without being in full uniform.  Most seasons, they had two sets of uniforms.  The Hi-Tides won several Norfolk City League titles.  Mr. Hubbard sponsored the Hi-Tides in over two hundred ASA tournaments.  Each year since 1973, his teams entered almost every available tournament and won many trophies.  The Hi-Tides played in numerous Metro tournaments and several Central Atlantic Regional Class C Tournaments.  Since the sixties, Mr. Hubbard sponsored teams in baseball, basketball, football, volleyball and the little leagues.  Tidewater ASA was fortunate to have a team sponsor with Mr. Hubbard’s devotion and love for the game of softball.  He was a most welcomed addition to the Hall of Fame.