5' 9.5"  11st.9lb.
b. Manchester 1 December 1938
 

Debut 29 September 1956 (17y 302d) Final Game 29 April 1961 (22y 149d)
First Goal 10 November 1956 Final Goal 31 March 1961
CAREER: Nantwich GS;Crewe Rangers;Blackburn Rovers Dec'55;Manchester City Jul'61 (£37,000)[82-31];Stoke City Aug'63-Jun'73[303-80].
FOOTBALL LEAGUE  3 apps ’60 v IL,LoI.’61 v LoI.
HONOURS FAC los (Blackburn Rovers) ’60.FLC win (Stoke City) ’73.FLC los (Stoke City) ’64.
 

FL          179 apps        88 gls    3g 1 4g 1
FAC       22 apps        16 gls  3g 1
FLC         4 apps
Total  205 apps       104 gls
Penalty record  T 11 Sc 8 Sv 3
Strike rate   177 mins
LC        1 app
FAYC  6 apps 8 gls

Dobing was the son of George Dobing who played wing three quarter for the Salford rugby league team and his brother was a goalkeeper with Chester. Spotted playing at school in Nantwich, he was brought to Ewood and emerged as one of the club's most promising prospects who made his league debut at the age of seventeen. A punchy, pacey inside forward who could shoot with venom, particularly cutting in from the right hand side he was also a complete player who could play as an out and out centre forward if required. A regular under 23 international, apparently being groomed for England it remains a mystery why he never fully blossomed. Sold to Manchester City because the club found him a difficult character to handle he prospered and at Stoke had a ten year career in which as he grew slower he moved deeper to provide know how and panache. Once on the Lancashire ground staff he could possibly have made the grade as a leg spinner. When he retired he lived in Swynnerton and developed a business selling crockery to hotel chains.