draftyear finalyear birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick statlabel name
1963 1965 burlington junction , missouri 1963 75-271 13-173 5 bill tobin -lrb- american football -rrb-
 rb , fb 14 missouri 16 february 1941 tob634937 25 189 -lrb- by the san francisco 49ers -rrb- rushing att-yards receptions-yards touchdowns bill tobin
bill tobin -lrb- american football -rrb-

bill tobin -lrb- born february 16 , 1941 -rrb- is a former professional american football player who played running back for one season for the houston oilers .
he would later become the general manager of the chicago bears and indianapolis colts .
he also was director of player personnel for the detroit lions in 2001 .
tobin attended the university of missouri , where he played in the tigers ′ backfield next to quarterback jim johnson .
during his time with the indianapolis colts he drafted hall of famer marshall faulk and future hall of famer marvin harrison .
he also drafted ken dilger , tarik glenn and adam meadows , who would be cornerstones of the colts offensive line .
he also built a team in indianapolis with jim harbaugh , who in 1995 led the nfl in passing and had a very successful run in the 1995 nfl playoffs , including the first playoff win for the colts since super bowl v , a span of thirty years .
he drafted ray buchanan and ashley ambrose who came to be tremendous players in the league and eventually started for the falcons in the super bowl .
it could be argued that bill tobin laid the foundation for the peyton manning era because of quality players he drafted .
tobin was replaced as colts general manager in 1997 by bill polian .
tobin is the brother of former nfl coach vince tobin .
tobin is currently working as a scout for the cincinnati bengals .
