William Everett Derryberry

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William Everett Derryberry
Biographical details
Born(1906-10-11)October 11, 1906
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
DiedOctober 26, 1991(1991-10-26) (aged 85)
Cookeville, Tennessee
Alma materOxford (BA, 1932, MA, 1940)
Playing career
1925Tennessee
1927Tennessee
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1934–1936Tennessee JC

William Everett Derryberry (October 11, 1906 – October 26, 1991) was an American football player and coach and university president.

College football[]

Derryberry was a football player at the University of Tennessee, lettering in 1925 and 1927. He was the first person in that school's history to earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity (Beta Sigma chapter) at the University of Tennessee and was recognized by the fraternity as a Significant Sig in 1977.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin (now known as UT Martin) from 1934 to 1936.[2]

Before and after his coaching career, he earned two degrees from Oxford University in Oxford, England while studying as a Rhodes Scholar.[3]

Tennessee Tech presidency[]

Derryberry was the president of Tennessee Technological University from 1940 to 1974.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ {{Cite web |url=https://sigmachi.org/home/alumni/significant-sigs/significant-sigs-list
  2. ^ "Football Media Guide" (PDF). UT Martin Skyhawks. 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Rhodes Scholar William Derryberry". University of Tennessee–Knoxville. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Tennessee Technological University". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

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