[2] Hubenthal got his first job in the Art Department of the Los Angeles Herald-Express, the same year he graduated from high school.
Eventually, Hubenthal left to serve in the Marine Corps during World War II.
[3] In 1961, he designed the helmet, uniforms, and original Norseman logo for the Minnesota Vikings on behalf of new Vikings general manager Bert Rose and head coach Norm Van Brocklin, who he had known when they were with the Los Angeles Rams.
While Hubenthal's work was also in syndication to other Hearst publications and he was also continued to draw sports cartoons and other pieces of sports-themed art.
With a newspaper career that spanned 47 years, Hubenthal won 25 Freedom Foundation medals, the National Headliners Award, the Helms Foundation medal, and received five Pulitzer Prize nominations.