Carl Esmond "Tootie" Perry (February 4, 1896 – August 9, 1946) was an American college football player.

Perry was five feet, ten inches tall, and at his largest weighed 235 pounds while playing at the guard and center position for the Gators.

"[6] The 1922 Seminole, the University of Florida yearbook, called Perry the Gators' "jolly captain" and "Dixie's greatest guard" who played every minute of every game for two years[2] and "developed into a wizard at blocking punts.

In 1925, he moved back to Gainesville and became a fixture on the sidelines at Florida football games, serving as the team's water boy.

[11][12] He gained national media notoriety as the "All-American Waterboy,"[13][14] and he also hosted an annual Homecoming barbecue and Brunswick stew banquet for alumni.