Larry Carberry, who played right-back in Sir Alf Ramsey’s Town sides which won the old Second Division and the First Division championship in successive seasons, died on Friday, aged 79.
Liverpool-born Carberry was signed by Ramsey in May 1956 after he had watched him playing amateur football for Bury Town while he was completing his National Service with the army at Gibraltar Barracks in the West Suffolk town.
He was a member of the team which won the Third Division South in 1956/57 and then went on to win the Second Division in 1960/61 and then the First Division title at the first attempt in 1961/62 when he was ever-present in the league.
One of five Town players to have done the treble of the First, Second and Third Division South titles - along with Roy Bailey, Ted Phillips, John Elsworthy and Jimmy Leadbetter - Carberry made a total of 283 appearances for the Blues without scoring before moving on to Barrow in June 1965.
He also played for an FA XI while with the Blues and later featured for Lancastrian non-league side Burscough, who he also managed twice and watched regularly in his latter years.
The Club is saddened to learn of the death of former player, Larry Carberry, who passed away on Friday aged 79. Rest in peace, Larry #itfc– Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) June 29, 2015
RIP Larry Carberry, lovely man and a true gentlemen #itfclegend– Simon Milton (@Milts25) June 29, 2015
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Larry Carberry. A lovely man, will be greatly missed. RIP.– ITFC Supporters Club (@ITSCofficial) June 29, 2015
Speaking to TWTD in an interview about the great Ramsey side in 2002, wing-half Elsworthy, who died in 2009, wrote about each member of that squad.
Of Carberry he said: "His great asset was his speed, tremendous pace had Larry. He had the advantage of Ramsey being a full-back when he was a player. Ramsey could tell him all the facets of being a full-back.”
In 2010, Carberry was inducted into the ITFC Hall of Fame. He leaves a wife Mary, four children and a number of grandchildren.