Robbie Tobeck
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| Position: | Guard / Center | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 6, 1970 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Lake Wales, Florida | ||||||||||
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| College: | Washington State | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1993 | ||||||||||
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Robert Lee Tobeck[1] (/ˈtoʊbɛk/; born March 6, 1970) is a former American football center who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Tobeck played seven seasons for Seattle Seahawks after being acquired as a free agent from the Atlanta Falcons after signing as a rookie in 1993.
Tobeck started his college career after accepting a scholarship to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, but was redshirted as a freshman. He transferred to Kilgore College, a junior college in Kilgore, Texas for two years and then went on to play big league college football at Washington State University.
During high school, Tobeck attended New Port Richey (FL) Christian, which, until his senior year, only offered a flag football program. However, the basketball program was a standout and Tobeck was a major part of its program.
He retired at the end of the 2006 NFL season, on January 15, 2007 after a playoff loss to the Chicago Bears.
He played in two Super Bowls, Super Bowl XXXIII as a member of the Falcons and Super Bowl XL as a member of the Seahawks. In 2005 the same year Robbie played in Super Bowl XL he made the NFC Pro Bowl Team topping off his career year.
Robbie played one more year and at the end of the 2006 season retired giving the undrafted Tobeck a 14 career year in the NFL.
References
- ↑ "Tobeck on Pro-Football-Reference". rbref.com. Retrieved 2007-12-23.