Glenn Dobbs
Glenn Dobbs Jr.
Born: July 12, 1920
McKinney, TX USA
Deceased: November 12, 2002
Tulsa, OK
Position: TB-QB
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 210
College: Tulsa
High School: Frederick (OK)
Career: 1946-1954
Drafted: 1943 in Round 1, #3 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Coaching record
Glenn Dobbs played from 1946 to 1954 during his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Los Angeles Dons and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Dobbs threw for 11,072 yards in his career, completing 774 of 1,591 passes with 96 touchdowns and 83 interceptions. He also ran for 1,280 yards in 351 attempts with 19 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 269 | 135 | 50.2 | 1886 | 7.0 | 13 | 4.8 | 15 | 5.6 | 0 | 66.0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 12 | 35.3 | 112 | 3.3 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 42.8 |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 109 | 49 | 45.0 | 650 | 6.0 | 6 | 5.5 | 7 | 6.4 | 0 | 56.0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 369 | 185 | 50.1 | 2403 | 6.5 | 21 | 5.7 | 20 | 5.4 | 0 | 67.4 |
| 1949 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 153 | 65 | 42.5 | 825 | 5.4 | 4 | 2.6 | 9 | 5.9 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 1951 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 274 | 145 | 52.9 | 2313 | 8.4 | 28 | 10.2 | 12 | 4.4 | 0 | 97.2 |
| 1952 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 253 | 116 | 45.8 | 1977 | 7.8 | 14 | 5.5 | 12 | 4.7 | 0 | 71.5 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 128 | 67 | 52.3 | 906 | 7.1 | 9 | 7.0 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 75.8 |
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| AAFC | 934 | 446 | 47.8 | 5876 | 6.3 | 45 | 4.8 | 52 | 5.6 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 657 | 328 | 49.9 | 5196 | 7.9 | 51 | 7.8 | 31 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1591 | 774 | 48.6 | 11072 | 7.0 | 96 | 6.0 | 83 | 5.2 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 95 | 208 | 2.2 | 58 | 4 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 91 | 539 | 5.9 | 50 | 4 |
| 1949 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 34 | 161 | 4.7 | 0 | 3 |
| 1951 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 38 | 94 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1952 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 35 | 70 | 2.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 40 | 0 |
| AAFC | 262 | 1039 | 4.0 | 58 | 12 | |
| CFL | 89 | 241 | 2.7 | 40 | 7 | |
| Totals | 351 | 1280 | 3.6 | 58 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| AAFC | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| CFL | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 80 | 3826 | 47.8 | 0 | |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 579 | 41.4 | 0 | |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 30 | 1330 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 68 | 3336 | 49.1 | 0 | |
| 1949 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 39 | 1650 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| 1951 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 90 | 3974 | 44.2 | 61 | 20 |
| 1952 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 50 | 2291 | 45.8 | 73 | 2 |
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12 | 529 | 44.1 | 60 | 1 |
| AAFC | 231 | 10721 | 46.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| CFL | 153 | 6837 | 44.7 | 73 | 23 | |
| Totals | 384 | 17558 | 45.7 | 73 | 23 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 78 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
| AAFC | 26 | 361 | 13.9 | 78 | 1 | |
| Totals | 26 | 361 | 13.9 | 78 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 214 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| AAFC | 19 | 371 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 19 | 371 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| AAFC | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Totals | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 32 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1946 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1949 | AAFC Los Angeles Dons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1951 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 55 | ||||||||
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1954 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| AAFC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| CFL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
| Totals | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 155 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 11 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Los Angeles Dons | 9 | 3 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Los Angeles Dons | 14 | 10 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Los Angeles Dons | 12 | 6 |
| 1951 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | 14 |
| 1952 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12 | 11 |
| 1953 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9 | 6 |
| 1954 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1946 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC Chicago Herald American All-NFL/AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1948 - AAFC The Sporting News All-NFL/AAFC (2nd Team)
1948 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1948 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1951 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1951 - CFL CFL West All-Star
