Huebel was born in 1889 at Nadeau, in Menominee County in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula. His father, Charles J. Huebel, was a businessman in Menominee County, whose business interests included the Chief Justice Huebel Company, producers and wholesalers of cedar posts, poles and other cedar products.
Before enrolling at the, Huebel attended the College of Saint Thomas in Minnesota.
He played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the in 1911 and 1912. Huebel played quarterback for the football team at Menominee High School, graduating in 1908. He played quarterback for the College of Saint Thomas football team
In January 1913, Huebel announced that he would not return to the football team in 1913, deciding to give up his school work and enter business with his father.
In 1913, Huebel was hired as the football coach at Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana. He served as the head coach at Rose Polytech during the 1913 and 1914 seasons.
In a draft registration card completed in June 1917, Huebel listed his residence at 2197 Divisadero Street in San Francisco, California. He was at that time working as the office manager for Belber Trunk & Bag Company at 938 Mission Street in San Francisco.
He indicated he had previously served two years with the rank of first lieutenant in the Minnesota infantry.
Huebel remained actively associated with college football throughout his life. In 1922, he was the President of the Pacific Coast Football Association, and wrote the section of Spalding"s "Official Intercollegiate Foot Ball Guide" concerning "Football in California." Between 1921 and 1942, Huebel served as a frequent umpire for Pacific Coast Conference football games, Rose Bowl games, and East-West Shrine Games. He was the umpire in the University of Southern California-University of California, Los Angeles football game played on December 6, 1941, the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After the 1922 Rose Bowl, Washington & Jefferson supporters claimed that their team had been "robbed" of a touchdown in a scoreless game against the University of California, due to an offside penalty called by In 1947, The Michigan Alumnus reported that Huebel "was one of the most popular and busiest gridiron watchdogs out on the Pacific Coast for years." Huebel reportedly related "with glee the story of a five hundred dollar fee he received for one important game." Huebel died in 1950 at Los Angeles, California.
He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines as a member of the freshman team in 1909, and as a member of the varsity team in 1911 and 1912.
