Gil Dobie

Gilmour "Gloomy Gil" Dobie (1879–1948) was an American college football coach. He was born in Hastings, Minnesota.

Career

He coached at Washington (1908-1916), Navy, Cornell and Boston College. 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 39 game winning streak, which is the second longest in NCAA Division I-A football history. His coaching career at Washington also comprised virtually all of Washington's 63 game unbeaten streak — still the NCAA Division I-A record.

After leaving Washington, Dobie won two NCAA Division I-A national championships with Cornell, in 1921 and 1922. His overall coaching record was 179 wins, 45 losses, and 15 ties, a .780 percentage.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

External links

http://washingtonhistory.org/wshs/columbia/articles/0387-a1.htm

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