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Tobin</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1941-02-16</span>)</span>February 16, 1941<br /><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Junction,_Missouri" title="Burlington Junction, Missouri">Burlington Junction, Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">April 19, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-04-19)</span> (aged 83)<br /><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">210 lb (95 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maryville_High_School_(Missouri)" title="Maryville High School (Missouri)">Maryville</a> <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/Maryville,_Missouri" title="Maryville, Missouri">Maryville, Missouri</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running back</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_draft" title="1963 NFL draft">1963</a> / round: 14 / pick: 189</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a player:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a> (<a href="/wiki/1964_CFL_season" title="1964 CFL season">1964</a>–<a href="/wiki/1965_CFL_season" title="1965 CFL season">1965</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As an executive:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> (<a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a>–<a href="/wiki/1992_NFL_season" title="1992 NFL season">1992</a>)<br />Director of player personnel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_NFL_season" title="1994 NFL season">1994</a>–<a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a>)<br />General manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>–<a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>)<br />Director of player personnel</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/executives/TobiBi0.htm">Executive profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing att-yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">75–271</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Reception_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reception (American football)">Receptions</a>-yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">13–173</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">Touchdowns</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TobiBi00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Hugh Tobin</b> (February 16, 1941 – April 19, 2024) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player and executive in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). Tobin played <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> for one season with the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>. He later became director of player personnel for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> in 1987 and the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> in 2001 and the general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> in 1994. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Tobin_(American_football)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Hugh Tobin was born on February 16, 1941, in <a href="/wiki/Maryville,_Missouri" title="Maryville, Missouri">Maryville, Missouri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on a farm near <a href="/wiki/Burlington_Junction,_Missouri" title="Burlington Junction, Missouri">Burlington Junction, Missouri</a>, where his brother <a href="/wiki/Vince_Tobin" title="Vince Tobin">Vince</a> was also born. Their father Ed Tobin was a <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> captain at the <a href="/wiki/Conception_Junction,_Missouri" title="Conception Junction, Missouri">Conception Junction, Missouri</a> high school. The brothers both attended <a href="/wiki/Maryville_High_School_(Missouri)" title="Maryville High School (Missouri)">Maryville High School</a>, 16 miles (26 kilometers) from Burlington Junction, but the family thought their sports prospects would be much better in the much bigger school (they commuted to the school).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brothers, who were two years apart in age, played on the <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> teams at the same time both in Maryville and at the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">University of Missouri football team</a>. Bill played on the 1959 Maryville basketball team that was undefeated until losing the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Missouri_state_high_school_boys_basketball_championships" title="List of Missouri state high school boys basketball championships">State Class M title game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tobin attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a>, where he played in the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Tigers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Backfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Backfield">backfield</a> next to <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Johnson_(American_football)" title="Jim Johnson (American football)">Jim Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Phi_Delta_Theta_Museum_2016_p022_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phi_Delta_Theta_Museum_2016_p022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Tobin_(American_football)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_player">As a player</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Tobin_(American_football)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As a player"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tobin was drafted in the 14th round of the <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_draft" title="1963 NFL draft">1963 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>. Instead of playing for the 49ers, he played for the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a> for one season and then played in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> for a few seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-bengals_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bengals-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_an_executive">As an executive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Tobin_(American_football)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As an executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tobin spent 27 years as a front office executive with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mentz_2024_i452_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mentz_2024_i452-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tobin was involved in drafting six Hall of Famers who played for the <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Chicago Bears">1985 Chicago Bears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bengals_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bengals-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named the director of player personnel for the Bears in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Mentz_2024_i452_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mentz_2024_i452-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first draft pick as director of player personnel was <a href="/wiki/Jim_Harbaugh" title="Jim Harbaugh">Jim Harbaugh</a>. The Bears had four playoff appearances while Tobin was director of player personnel. His tenure as Chicago's director of player personnel ended in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-nfl_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tobin was the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts from 1994 to 1996. During his time with the Colts, he drafted future Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Marshall Faulk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Marvin Harrison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mentz_2024_i452_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mentz_2024_i452-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also drafted <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dilger" title="Ken Dilger">Ken Dilger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarik_Glenn" title="Tarik Glenn">Tarik Glenn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Meadows" title="Adam Meadows">Adam Meadows</a>, who would be cornerstones of the Colts <a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">offensive line</a>, and Pro Bowl defensive backs <a href="/wiki/Ray_Buchanan" title="Ray Buchanan">Ray Buchanan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Ambrose" title="Ashley Ambrose">Ashley Ambrose</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Phi_Delta_Theta_Museum_2016_p022_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phi_Delta_Theta_Museum_2016_p022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He built a team in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> that included Jim Harbaugh, who in 1995 led the NFL in passing.<sup id="cite_ref-Colts.com_2013_g845_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colts.com_2013_g845-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Colts had a very surprising and successful run to the <a href="/wiki/1995_AFC_Championship_Game" title="1995 AFC Championship Game">1995 AFC Championship Game</a>; the run included the first playoff win for the Colts since <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_V" title="Super Bowl V">Super Bowl V</a>, a span of twenty-five years.<sup id="cite_ref-Phi_Delta_Theta_Museum_2016_p022_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phi_Delta_Theta_Museum_2016_p022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nfl_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tobin was replaced as Colts general manager in 1997 by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Polian" title="Bill Polian">Bill Polian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wthr.com_2024_j110_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wthr.com_2024_j110-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tobin was the director of player personnel for the Detroit Lions from 2001 to 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Mentz_2024_i452_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mentz_2024_i452-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tobin worked as a scout for the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> for two decades. His son, <a href="/wiki/Duke_Tobin" title="Duke Tobin">Duke Tobin</a>, is the team's director of player personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-Mentz_2024_i452_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mentz_2024_i452-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tobin was the brother of former NFL coach <a href="/wiki/Vince_Tobin" title="Vince Tobin">Vince Tobin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo_Sports_2024_j019_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo_Sports_2024_j019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mel_Kiper_incident">Mel Kiper incident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Tobin_(American_football)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mel Kiper incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While he was the general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, Tobin gained some notoriety during the television broadcast of the <a href="/wiki/1994_NFL_draft" title="1994 NFL draft">1994 NFL draft</a> after being criticized by <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> analyst <a href="/wiki/Mel_Kiper_Jr." title="Mel Kiper Jr.">Mel Kiper Jr.</a> for picking <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a> <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> <a href="/wiki/Trev_Alberts" title="Trev Alberts">Trev Alberts</a> with the fifth pick in the draft (that year, the Colts had both the 2nd and 5th pick, with the Colts drafting <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Marshall Faulk</a> prior to Alberts), instead of <a href="/wiki/Fresno_State_Bulldogs_football" title="Fresno State Bulldogs football">Fresno State</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Trent_Dilfer" title="Trent Dilfer">Trent Dilfer</a>. While he was being interviewed by ESPN later in the broadcast, Tobin famously said "Who in the hell is Mel Kiper anyway?!"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tobin later called a press conference where he ranted about Kiper for several minutes, stating that Kiper had been biased against the Colts ever since they moved from Baltimore, Kiper's home.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Tobin_(American_football)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tobin died in Indianapolis on April 19, 2024, at age 83.<sup 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Tobin"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Indianapolis_Star" title="The Indianapolis Star">The Indianapolis Star</a></i>. April 23, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Indianapolis+Star&rft.atitle=Obituaries+%7C+William+H.+Tobin&rft.date=2024-04-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indystar.com%2Fobituaries%2Fpsbn0798546&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Tobin+%28American+football%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48438239/tobins-roots-hard-word-small-town/">"Tobin's roots: Hard work, small-town values key to life of new Cardinals boss"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a></i>. February 11, 1996. p. 17<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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