Charles Albert "Tod" Eberle (July 4, 1886 – May 10, 1967) was an American player and coach of

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and

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Biography

Eberle graduated from

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in 1911, where he lettered in football, basketball,

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, and

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; he was also a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Eberle served as the head football coach at

New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (NHC) was founded and incorporated in 1866, as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College. In 1893, NHC moved to Durham, where it became the University of New Ha ...

for 1912 and 1913, compiling a record of 5–8–1. Eberle was also the head basketball coach at New Hampshire for the 1912–13 season, tallying a mark of 5–5. Eberle married Anna Oppenlander in November 1914. He died in May 1967, at the age of 80.

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