Dobida became vice-president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association in 1962, then took over as its president in 1977, when Walter Wasservogel moved on to international ice hockey. During this time, he served on the organizing committees for the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics; the 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships, the 1973 Ice Hockey World Championships Group B, the 1977 World Ice Hockey Championships, the 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. He was proud of the 1973 event for which all games involving the Austria men's national ice hockey team were sold out, and an over-capacity crowd in the final at Eisstadion Liebenau. He welcomed a new branch into the national association in 1994, when the Lower Austrian Ice Hockey Association separated from the Vienna branch. He retired as president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association in 1996, and was succeeded by Dieter Kalt Sr.