William L. Carberry

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1885–1973)}}

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| name = William Carberry

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|3|13}}

| birth_place = Panora, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|1|14|1885|3|13}}

| death_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1905–1908

| player_team2 = Iowa

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1914

| coach_team2 = Yankton

| coach_years3 = 1923

| coach_team3 = Southern Normal

| coach_years4 = 1926–1932

| coach_team4 = Southern Normal

| coach_years5 = 1933–1939

| coach_team5 = Northern Normal

| coach_years6 = 1942

| coach_team6 = Northern State

| coach_years7 = 1945

| coach_team7 = Northern State

| admin_years1 = 1927–1928

| admin_team1 = Southern State

| admin_years2 = 1933–1955

| admin_team2 = Northern State

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| awards = All-Western (1908)

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William Lawrence Carberry (March 13, 1885 – January 14, 1973){{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/81725180-william-carberry?terms=William%20Carberry|title=William Carberry|accessdate=June 27, 2020}} was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota in 1914{{cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn2001063112/1914-09-03/ed-1/seq-7/|title=Gridiron Games Soon Will Start|newspaper=Mitchell Capital|date=September 3, 1914|access-date=July 24, 2023}} and at Southern State Normal School—now known as the University of South Dakota–Springfield–in 1923 and from 1926 to 1932. He also served as the head football coach at Northern State Normal School—now known as Northern State University—in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1933 to 1939 and 1942 to 1945.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica00unse|title=Who's Who in American Sports|publisher=National Biographical Society|year=1928|access-date=March 22, 2018}} His brother was Glen Carberry, a former NFL football player and head coach at St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, New York.