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Bill Stobbs

Thomas William Stobbs Jr. (May 28, 1896 – November 14, 1968)[1] was a professional American football player and coach. In 1921, he played professionally for the Detroit Tigers of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which was renamed as the National Football League (NFL) in 1922. Stobbs attended high school at Wheeling High School and the Linsly Military Institute—now known as the Linsly School—both in Wheeling, West Virginia, and played college football at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. Stobbs served as the head football coach at Wittenberg College—now known as Wittenberg University—in Springfield, Ohio from 1929 to 1941.[2] He was also the head basketball coach at Wittenberg from 1931 to 1942.

Bill Stobbs
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Stobbs in 1931
Personal information
Born:(1896-05-28)May 28, 1896
Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Died:November 15, 1968(1968-11-15) (aged 72)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Height:5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Career information
College:Washington & Jefferson
Position:Blocking back
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Football
Basketball
  • Wheeling HS (WV) (1922–1925)
    Head coach
  • Wittenberg (1932–1942)
    Head coach
Baseball
Career NFL statistics
Games played:7
Games started:7
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Stobbs coached football at in 1919 and baseball the following spring at Linsly. He went to the University of South Carolina in 1920 to serve as an assistant football coach under Sol Metzger.[3] In 1922, Stobb was hired as coach and director physical education at Wheeling High School.[4] He left Wheeling High in 1925 to return to Linsly as coach.[5] In 1931, Stobbs applied to be the head football coach at his alma mater, Washington & Jefferson.[6]

His son, Chuck Stobbs, played professional baseball.[7]

Head coaching record

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Football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wittenberg Tigers (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1929)
1929 Wittenberg 5–4–1 2–2–1 4th
Wittenberg Tigers (Independent) (1930)
1930 Wittenberg 3–3–3
Wittenberg Tigers (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1930–1933)
1931 Wittenberg 8–0–1 1–0 2nd
1932 Wittenberg 3–6 1–4 5th
1933 Wittenberg 2–6 0–5 6th
Wittenberg Tigers (Independent) (1934)
1934 Wittenberg 2–7
Wittenberg Tigers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1935–1941)
1935 Wittenberg 4–5 3–2 T–6th
1936 Wittenberg 4–5 3–2 9th
1937 Wittenberg 2–7 2–4 T–14th
1938 Wittenberg 4–4 3–2 T–8th
1939 Wittenberg 5–3 4–1 4th
1940 Wittenberg 8–0 6–0 1st
1941 Wittenberg 4–4 3–3 9th
Wittenberg: 54–54–5 28–25–1
Total: 54–54–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ Social Security Administration (2014). "Thomas Stobbs". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 (database record) – via ancestry.com.
  2. ^ Gaynor, Wells (May 18, 2024). "New Wittenberg Coach Will Point For Buckeyes, W. & J." Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. 36. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Bill Stobbs Leaves Linsley To Coach University of S. C." The Wheeling Intelligencer. Wheeling, West Virginia. June 25, 1920. p. 7. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Bill Stobbs Succeeds Ross As Coach At Wheeling High". The Wheeling Intelligencer. Wheeling, West Virginia. June 23, 1922. p. 8. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Wheeling High Has New Coach". Coshocton Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. July 6, 1925. p. 8. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Former W&J Star Wants to Coach Prexies". The Pittsburgh Press. December 27, 1931. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  7. ^ Nowlin, Bill. "The Baseball Biography Project: Chuck Stobbs". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
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