F. FRANK
RUBINI '47-'68
Inducted 1992
The late F. Frank Rubini, affectionately known as
‘Rube,’ was the ‘Father of Athletics’ at Montgomery College. He
organized the Athletic Department in 1947, when MC was only one year old, and quickly
built the program into one of the finest of its kind in the country. Mr. Rubini coached
all sports while teaching physical education classes during his ten years as a full-time
faculty member. His basketball teams never had a losing season and his football teams were
the powerhouses of eastern college circles, going undefeated in 1953 and 1954.
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Thanksgiving Day, 1954, his football team won their first bowl game at Murfreesboro, N.C.,
beating Chowan College 12-0. During his tenure, 15 MC players were selected to the
National Junior College All-American teams. Many of his former students went on to coach
football in Montgomery and Prince George’s County high schools. Prior to coming to MC, Mr. Rubini had been an athletic star at the University
of Wisconsin, playing football and baseball, and he was three-time national boxing
champion in the 145-lb. Class. In 1957, he left his full-time position at MC to become the
Associate Director of Parks, Montgomery County, for the Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, but he continued to teach part-time at the College until 1968.
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