Robert Lee Dobbs was an American gridiron football player and coach.
13 Facts About Bobby Dobbs
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Bobby Dobbs served as the head football coach at the University of Tulsa from 1955 to 1960 and the University of Texas at El Paso from 1965 to 1972.
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Bobby Dobbs was the head coach for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League from 1961 to 1965.
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Bobby Dobbs's brother Glenn, was a star at University of Tulsa.
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Bobby Dobbs was the starting fullback on the 1944 Army team.
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In 1949 Bobby Dobbs moved to Carswell Air Force Base, where he coached the Carswell football team to the Armed Forces Championship.
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In 1961, Bobby Dobbs left Tulsa to become head coach of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
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Bobby Dobbs was replaced at Tulsa by his brother, Glenn.
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Bobby Dobbs felt that he had been slighted by Calgary's decision to elevate his former assistant, Rogers Lehew to general manager.
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Bobby Dobbs served as head coach at University of Texas at El Paso from 1965 to 1972.
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At one point Bobby Dobbs ranked second among college coaches in number of players going in the National Football League.
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Bobby Dobbs went into the construction business in El Paso until his health started to fail in 1978.
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Bobby Dobbs's failing health turned out to be Alzheimer's disease, and he died on April 2,1986, in a nursing home in Altus, Oklahoma.