Gary B. Toubman (2004) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Gary B. Toubman

Induction:
2004
Class:
1976

Gary Toubman became the seventh Bucknell soccer player and the first defender to earn Hall of Fame distinction when he was enshrined in 2004. Toubman was a defensive catalyst on some of Bucknell's all-time best men's soccer teams. He helped lead the Bison to an East Coast Conference title in 1974 and back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1974 and 1975 - the program's first-ever postseason appearances. A team captain as a senior, Toubman was a four-year letterman and a two-time All-ECC selection. With the Strasburg brothers accounting for much of the scoring punch, Toubman anchored a defense that three times set or tied the school record for shutouts (seven in 1973 and 10 in 1974 and 1975). The Bison kept clean sheets in 30 of Toubman's 54 career games. The 1974 Bison squad went 12-1-2, won the ECC title, defeated Penn State 1-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, then lost 1-0 in double-overtime to Philadelphia Textile in the second round. That team finished with a No. 14 national ranking and had a miniscule 0.33 goals-against average. Toubman's senior season, 1975, also culminated with an NCAA Tournament appearance and a heartbreaking loss to Fairleigh Dickinson in penalty kicks after the teams played to a scoreless tie for 150 minutes. A native of West Hartford, Conn., Toubman went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry and later opened his own dental practice in his home state of Connecticut.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2004)