Bob Taylor Dobbins

Bob Taylor Dobbins
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born July 3, 1890
Gallatin, Tennessee
Died July 27, 1945 (aged 55)
Mobile, Alabama
Alma mater Sewanee:The University of the South
Playing career
1913-15 Sewanee
Position(s) Guard/Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1916
1922–1923		 Sewanee (assistant)
Howard (assistant)
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

2x All-Southern (1914, 1915)
Second team all-time Sewanee football team

Robert Taylor "Bob" Dobbins (July 3, 1890 – July 27, 1945) was a college football player and coach.

Early years

Bob Taylor Dobbins was born on July 3, 1890 in Gallatin, Tennessee[1] to Thomas Miller Dobbins and Leila Glass.[2]

Playing career

Sewanee

Dobbins attended Sewanee:The University of the South, where he was a guard and tackle on the Sewanee Tigers football team, captain of its 1915 team. He was selected All-Southern and a second-team member of Sewanee's all-time football team.[3][4][5]

Coaching career

Dobbins coached high school football in Mobile, Alabama for many years.

Howard

Dobbins was an assistant under former Sewanee coach Harris G. Cope at Howard.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm
  2. ↑ "Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881–1952." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
  3. ↑ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
  4. ↑ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  5. ↑ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
  6. ↑ "To be coach". Atlanta Constitution. September 3, 1922.