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Jan 21, 1879 Hastings, Minnesota, United States Died on 23 Dec 1948 (aged 69)
American football player and coach, basketball coach
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About Gil Dobie
- Robert Gilmour "Gloomy Gil" Dobie (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was an American football player and coach.
- 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), 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.
