Gil Dobie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gil Dobie

American football player and coach, basketball coach

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1879

Place of Birth: Hastings, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1948

Profession: coach, basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.