{"id":807,"date":"2024-10-28T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=807"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:22:19","slug":"lt-col-charles-hobbs-famu-sports-hall-of-fame-inductee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2024\/10\/28\/lt-col-charles-hobbs-famu-sports-hall-of-fame-inductee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Col. Charles Hobbs: FAMU Sports Hall of Fame inductee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My heart filled with pride this past weekend as my late father, Lt. Colonel Charles Hobbs, was inducted into the Florida A&amp;M University Sports Hall of Fame in the prelude to FAMU\u2019s 24-6 victory over the Southern University Jaguars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Sr., a standout right guard and middle linebacker for the Rattlers from 1958-62, was a member of two national championship teams (1959 and 1961)\u2014 squads that were filled with eventual NFL stars like Curtis Miranda, Walter Highsmith, Hewritt Dixon, Clarence Childs, David Daniels, Al Denson, and 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist and NFL Hall of Fame member, Robert \u201cBullet Bob\u201d Hayes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Charles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Charles.jpg 720w, https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Charles-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On behalf of the Hobbs family, I extend my sincerest thanks to the FAMU Sports Hall of Fame committee for recognizing our patriarch\u2019s career as a Rattler student-athlete\u2014and for hosting an amazing weekend on the \u201cHighest of Seven Hills\u201d in Tallahassee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to Hobbservation Point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Chuck Hobbs&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Hundreds of paid subscribers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Real Politics in Real Time&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chuck Hobbs is a freelance journalist who won the 2010 Florida Bar Media Award and has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart filled with pride this past weekend as my late father, Lt. 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