John Benjamin Brandeberry (December 13, 1893 – September 23, 1953) was an engineering professor and American football player and coach.
[1] He was the first head football coach at the University of Toledo, serving for one season, in 1917, and compiling a record of 0–3.
He recruited 13 players from the student body and paid for uniforms, a practice field, food, and transportation out of his own pocket.
[7] From 1943 until his unexpected death in 1953, Brandeberry was dean of the University of Toledo's College of Engineering.
[8] In 1950, he chaired an interim operating committee that ran the university following the resignation of president Wilbur W.