William Everett Derryberry
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1906-10-11)October 11, 1906 Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | October 26, 1991(1991-10-26) (aged 85) Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma mater | Oxford (BA, 1932, MA, 1940) |
Playing career | |
1925 | Tennessee |
1927 | Tennessee |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1934–1936 | Tennessee 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 Tech from 1940 to 1974.[4] The university's administration building is named in his honor.[5][6]
References
- ^ "significant sig recipients". sigmachi.org. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Football Media Guide" (PDF). UT Martin Skyhawks. 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Rhodes Scholar William Derryberry". University of Tennessee–Knoxville. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Tennessee Technological University". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Office of the President - Past Presidents". Tennessee Tech. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Tennessee Tech's Derryberry Hall - Tennessee Tech University Archives and Special Collections". Tennessee Tech. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
External links
- William Everett Derryberry at Find a Grave
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