Max Henry Huber

Max Henry Huber was born October 8, 1945 and grew up as a Mesa, Arizona farm boy. He often remarked that his favorite job was bailing hay in the middle of the night, but alas his 6’3” 250-pound body was headed down a different field and that field had hash marks and goal posts. Max played high school football as an offensive lineman at Mesa High from 1960-1963.

He was scouted for football by Brigham Young University, Arizona State, University of Arizona, Colorado State and University of Utah. Luckily, he did not choose the U of U, but decided to bleed blue as a Cougar. He played at BYU from 1963-1968, taking a redshirt year in 1964. Max played on the BYU team that won the first WAC championship in 1965. He married Marilyn Budd in 1966 and graduated from BYU in 1968 with a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and Agronomy.

In 1968, Max was picked up by the New England Patriots; however, he promptly left and joined the Edmonton Eskimos. He played as a professional offensive lineman for 10 years (1968-1977) in the Canadian Football League. Max played four years for the BC Lions, five years for the Calgary Stampeders and one final year for the Montreal Alouettes. In 1975 as a Stampeder, Max was nominated for the CFL Schenley Award as the most Outstanding Offensive Lineman. In 1976 he was on the CFL Western All-star Team. In 1977 Max was on the Montreal Alouette Grey Cup team which put a nice bookend to the final year of his football career.

Max and Marilyn were married 52 years. They have three daughters: Kim Stoddard (Steve), Tara Huber, and Karen Kutterer (Kris). They have eight grandchildren: Sydney Kutterer Katilus (Briant), Anthony Huber, Rachel Stoddard, Mitchell Kutterer, Isabelle Stoddard, Thomas Kutterer, Olivia Stoddard and Telu Huber. They have three great-grandchildren: Emma, Grace and Max Katilus.

After football, Max worked in real estate, owned a tire store, and sold cars. He has always loved riding horses and took advantage of living in Utah by learning and loving to ski. Max never did fulfill his dream of becoming a ‘farm boy’ as he finally left this life on December 7, 2018 after many years of health complications.

His services were held at Berg Mortuary on December 15, 2018. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.