He later served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy and the University of Oregon.
In her book, The Real All Americans, Sally Jenkins described Forbes' catch as one of the most significant in the first year of the passing game: "The only other significant pass that season was thrown by Yale, which gained a first down that led to victory over Harvard, when Paul Veeder threw thirty yards to Bob Forbes.
"[2] Forbes was also a second-team All-American in 1905 and a consensus All-American in 1906, receiving first-team honors from Walter Camp for Collier's Weekly,[3] Caspar Whitney for Outing magazine,[4] New York Wold by Bob Edgren,[5] and New York Sun.
[6] After graduating from Yale in 1907, Forbes was hired as the head coach of the football team at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
He had his opponents sized up very well, indeed, and gave his old team-mates a severe tryout with his cadet charges.