Gil Dobie
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 21, 1879 Hastings, Minnesota |
| Died | December 23, 1948 (aged 69) Hartford, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1900–1902 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | End, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906–1907 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1908–1916 | Washington |
| 1917–1919 | Navy |
| 1920–1935 | Cornell |
| 1936–1938 | Boston College |
| Basketball | |
| 1906–1908 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 182–45–15 (football) 17–5 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 National (1921–1923) 1 Pacific Coast Conference (1916) |
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| Awards | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1948) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile) |
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Gilmour "Gloomy Gil" Dobie (January 21, 1879 – December 23, 1948) was an American football player and coach. 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. 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.
Dobie was born in Hastings, Minnesota. He played football as an end and quarterback at the University of Minnesota.
Dobie achieved his greatest success at the University of Washington, where he had a remarkable 58–0–3 record. During his tenure, Washington had a 40-game winning streak, which is the second longest in NCAA Division I-A/FBS history. His coaching career at Washington also comprised virtually all of Washington's 64-game unbeaten streak — still a college football record.
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