William Patrick McNamara (10 January 1912 – 11 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

[2] Having received a clearance, McNamara joined South Melbourne for the 1939 VFL season.

He won the Gardiner Medal in 1941, for his performances with the South Melbourne seconds, whom he would also coach.

[3] He moved to Canberra in about 1960 and coached the Australian National University football team.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1912 is a stub.