After the 1908 season, the school's yearbook noted that Torbet's "sensational playing was a bright feature of every game.

[1][2] At Detroit Central, he was a teammate of Jimmy Craig and "Bubbles" Patterson -— both of whom later joined Torbet on the University of Michigan football team.

The Detroit Free Press wrote that, in 1911, "his long forward passes were largely instrumental in bringing Michigan her victory.

[14] In early 1913, Torbet announced plans to leave the university, stating that he was not satisfied with the results of his last semester's examinations.

[15] The Detroit Free Press reported: "It seems that the forward-passing end was a bit hasty in making up his mind to leave and that when the matter was gone into carefully it was found that he was not in bad shape at all scholastically.

[16] At the end of October 1913, the Detroit Free Press wrote: The showing of 'Squib' Torbet at fullback this afternoon was the one bright spot in an otherwise dismal scrimmage.

He hit low and hard when he came to his opposition and he seldom failed to string out a bunch of tacklers before he was finally stopped, and once he spun a forward pass down the field that was a beauty.

[18] (Colorado School of Mines records, however, reflect that William Hanley was the head football coach during the 1914 and 1915 seasons.