Bill Stobbs

Games played:	7
Games started:	7
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Bill Stobbs
	Stobbs in 1931
Personal information
Born:	May 28, 1896; Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Died:	November 15, 1968 (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:
	Detroit Tigers (1921);
As a coach:
	Football Linsly Military Institute (WV) (1919); Head coach; South Carolina (1920); Assistant coach; Wheeling HS (WV) (1922–1924); Head coach; Linsly Military Institute (WV) (1925–1928); Head coach; Wittenberg (1929–1941); Head coach; Basketball Wheeling HS (WV) (1922–1925); Head coach; Wittenberg (1932–1942); Head coach; Baseball Linsly Military Institute (1920); Head coach;
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	7
Games started:	7
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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.

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

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

^ Social Security Administration (2014). "Thomas Stobbs". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 (database record) – via ancestry.com.
^ 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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Wheeling High Has New Coach". Coshocton Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. July 6, 1925. p. 8. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Former W&J Star Wants to Coach Prexies". The Pittsburgh Press. December 27, 1931. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
^ Nowlin, Bill. "The Baseball Biography Project: Chuck Stobbs". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved October 6, 2010.

External links

Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
Bill Stobbs at Find a Grave

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[SSDI-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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