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

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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