(1878-01-21)January 21, 1878 Hastings, Minnesota, U.S.
Died
December 23, 1948(1948-12-23) (aged 70) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
1900–1902
Minnesota
Position(s)
End, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1907
North Dakota Agricultural
1908–1916
Washington
1917–1919
Navy
1920–1935
Cornell
1936–1938
Boston College
Basketball
1906–1908
North Dakota Agricultural
Head coaching record
Overall
182–45–15 (football) 17–5 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 national (1921–1923) 1 PCC (1916)
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1948)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile)
Robert Gilmour "Gloomy Gil" Dobie (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was an American football player and coach.[1][2] Over a period of 33 years, he served as the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University) (1906–1907), the University of Washington (1908–1916),[3] the United States Naval Academy (1917–1919), Cornell University (1920–1935), and Boston College (1936–1938), compiling a career college football record of 182–45–15 (.783).
Dobie's Cornell teams of 1921, 1922, and 1923 have been recognized as national champions. Dobie was also the head basketball coach at North Dakota Agricultural for two seasons from 1906 to 1908, tallying a mark of 17–5. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951. Dobie reached 100 career wins in 108 games, which stood as the NCAA record for the fewest games needed to reach 100 wins from 1921 to 2014.
^"Dobie, ex-coach at Washington, is dead at 70". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 24, 1948. p. 8.
^"Gil Dobie, famed grid coach, dies". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 24, 1948. p. 10.
^Borland, Lynn (November 20, 2010). "Legendary coach Gil Dobie's only loss at Washington: his legacy". Seattle Times. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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the 40 different head coaches who have led the Eagles, Frank Cavanaugh, GilDobie, Leahy, and Mike Holovak have been inducted into the College Football...
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touchdowns and accounted for 477 yards of total offense. Cornell coach GilDobie retorted "We won 13–0. Passing is not football." In 1907 at Champaign...
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– All-time AFL scoring leader Eric Decker – Retired NFL Wide receiver GilDobie – Won two national championships as head coach of the Cornell Big Red...
James Knight (1902–1904) Oliver Cutts (1905) Victor M. Place (1906–1907) GilDobie (1908–1916) Claude J. Hunt (1917) Anthony Savage (1918) Claude J. Hunt...
Harrison (1900–1901) Eddie Cochems (1902–1903) A. L. Marshall (1904–1905) GilDobie (1906–1907) Paul Magoffin (1908) Arthur Rueber (1909–1912) Howard Wood...
George E. Cole (1896–1897; 1899) H. C. Adams (1898) Willis Kienholz (1898) GilDobie (1900–1901) Sigmund Harris (1902–1904) G. F. Weisel (1905) E. D. Coughlan...
George E. Cole (1896–1897; 1899) H. C. Adams (1898) Willis Kienholz (1898) GilDobie (1900–1901) Sigmund Harris (1902–1904) G. F. Weisel (1905) E. D. Coughlan...
James Knight (1902–1904) Oliver Cutts (1905) Victor M. Place (1906–1907) GilDobie (1908–1916) Claude J. Hunt (1917) Anthony Savage (1918) Claude J. Hunt...
George E. Cole (1896–1897; 1899) H. C. Adams (1898) Willis Kienholz (1898) GilDobie (1900–1901) Sigmund Harris (1902–1904) G. F. Weisel (1905) E. D. Coughlan...
coached with 13 and Bohl is the leader games won, with 104 victories. GilDobie has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than...
He became the sixth fastest NCAA coach to reach that record, following GilDobie (108 games), George Woodruff (109 games), Bud Wilkinson (111 games), Fielding...
Harrison (1900–1901) Eddie Cochems (1902–1903) A. L. Marshall (1904–1905) GilDobie (1906–1907) Paul Magoffin (1908) Arthur Rueber (1909–1912) Howard Wood...
1930–1957 A member of the class of 1913, Curley was responsible for hiring GilDobie and Frank Leahy. He was AD when BC won the 1941 Sugar Bowl and the 1949...
(1910–1911) Albert Sharpe (1912–1917) No team (1918) John H. Rush (1919) GilDobie (1920–1935) Carl Snavely (1936–1944) Edward McKeever (1945–1946) George...
George E. Cole (1896–1897; 1899) H. C. Adams (1898) Willis Kienholz (1898) GilDobie (1900–1901) Sigmund Harris (1902–1904) G. F. Weisel (1905) E. D. Coughlan...
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