[1] He was the captain of the 1909 Dartmouth football team and was selected as a first-team All-American at the guard position in 1909.
[2] Tobin also served as the head football coach at Tufts College in 1911.
[3] Tobin was a native of South Boston.
During World War I, he served as a captain in the infantry of the United States Army Reserve at Camp Meade.
[4] He later served as an executive vice president and sales manager for Propper-McCallum Hostery Company, Inc., in New York.