In Memoriam: Jack Dolbin
8/2/2019 2:56:00 PM | Football
Dr. Jack Dolbin, a star of the late 1960s Wake Forest football teams, passed away this week following a battle with cancer. Dolbin was 70 years old.
Dolbin came to Wake Forest in 1966 from Pottsville, Pa. but missed his freshman season of football after suffering a broken leg in the Big 33 All-Star game following his senior year of high school.
He began to make his mark on the Demon Deacons as a sophomore in 1967, concluding that season with three consecutive 100-yard rushing games against South Carolina, Tulsa and Maryland. Earlier in the 1967 season against North Carolina, Dolbin ran the opening kickoff back 39 yards then scored on a 51-yard run on the first play from scrimmage.
Dolbin also excelled in track for Wake Forest. He was named the most outstanding team member in 1970 as he broke records in the 100 yard dash (9.6), the 220 (21.5) and was on the record-breaking 440 and 880 relay teams. His 21.25 points scored in a single meet against Appalachian State was a school record at the time. Dolbin finished in the top four in the ACC Championship in both the 100 and 220 in 1970.
He went on to play semi-pro football, most notably with the Pottstown, Pa. Firebirds in a season that was documented by NFL Films. Dolbin also had a stint with the Chicago Fire of the World Football League before landing with the Denver Broncos. During the off-season, he started chiropractic school graduating in 1977.
Dolbin played five years with the Broncos as a wide receiver and started in Super Bowl XII (1978) and led the Broncos in receiving in that game.
Dolbin is a member of both the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Dolbin became a licensed chiropractor in Colorado in 1978. He and his family returned to Pottsville, Pa. in 1984 where he opened a practice and became a nationally-renowned expert in the field of chiropractic and sports.
Dolbin came to Wake Forest in 1966 from Pottsville, Pa. but missed his freshman season of football after suffering a broken leg in the Big 33 All-Star game following his senior year of high school.
He began to make his mark on the Demon Deacons as a sophomore in 1967, concluding that season with three consecutive 100-yard rushing games against South Carolina, Tulsa and Maryland. Earlier in the 1967 season against North Carolina, Dolbin ran the opening kickoff back 39 yards then scored on a 51-yard run on the first play from scrimmage.
Dolbin also excelled in track for Wake Forest. He was named the most outstanding team member in 1970 as he broke records in the 100 yard dash (9.6), the 220 (21.5) and was on the record-breaking 440 and 880 relay teams. His 21.25 points scored in a single meet against Appalachian State was a school record at the time. Dolbin finished in the top four in the ACC Championship in both the 100 and 220 in 1970.
He went on to play semi-pro football, most notably with the Pottstown, Pa. Firebirds in a season that was documented by NFL Films. Dolbin also had a stint with the Chicago Fire of the World Football League before landing with the Denver Broncos. During the off-season, he started chiropractic school graduating in 1977.
Dolbin played five years with the Broncos as a wide receiver and started in Super Bowl XII (1978) and led the Broncos in receiving in that game.
Dolbin is a member of both the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Dolbin became a licensed chiropractor in Colorado in 1978. He and his family returned to Pottsville, Pa. in 1984 where he opened a practice and became a nationally-renowned expert in the field of chiropractic and sports.
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