Bob Taylor Dobbins

Bob Taylor Dobbins
Biographical details
Born	July 3, 1890; Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	July 27, 1945 (aged 55); Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater	Sewanee:The University of the South
Playing career
1913-15	Sewanee
Position(s)	Guard/Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1916	Sewanee (assistant)
1922–1923	Howard (assistant)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	2× All-Southern (1914, 1915); Second team all-time Sewanee football team

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

Early years[edit]

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

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]

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

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

^ 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
^ "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.
^ Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
^ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
^ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
^ "To be coach". Atlanta Constitution. September 3, 1922.

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