Paul Tobin (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Paul Tobin

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| number =

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 170

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|11|23}}

| birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|9|6|1909|11|23}}

| death_place = Akron, Ohio

| nationality = American

| high_school = West (Akron, Ohio)

| college =

| career_start = 1937

| career_end = 1940

| years1 = 1937–1940

| team1 = Akron Firestone Non-Skids

| highlights =

• 2× NBL champion (1939, 1940)

}}

Paul Samuel Tobin (November 23, 1909 – September 6, 2003){{cite web | url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/09/paul-tobin.html| title=Paul Tobin | publisher=Blogspot | work=Peach Basket Society | accessdate=March 26, 2016}} was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/t/tobinpa01n.html| title=Paul Tobin NBL stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=March 26, 2016}} Hyatt played in the National Basketball League from 1937 to 1940, competing for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids, and won two league championships in 1938–39 and 1939–40. He was the brother-in-law of Soup Cable, a teammate of Tobin's with Akron.