Bill Berry (footballer, born 1904)
Berry while with Brentford in 1926.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | William George Berry | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 September 1972 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Manor Park, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Royal Naval Depot | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923–1924 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | (2) |
| 1924–1926 | Gillingham | 79 | (9) |
| 1926–1932 | Brentford | 134 | (40) |
| 1932–1933 | Crystal Palace | 17 | (4) |
| 1933–1934 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 12 | (2) |
| 1934–1937 | SC Fives | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1934–1944 | SC Fives | ||
| 1944–1946 | Lille | ||
| 1946–1948 | Lierse | ||
| 1953–1955 | Nice | ||
| 1955–1956 | CS Hammam-Lif | ||
| 1956–1958 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | ||
| 1958–1961 | Jeunesse Esch | ||
| 1961–1965 | Union Luxembourg | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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William George Berry (18 August 1904 – 15 September 1972), known in England as Bill Berry and in Francophone nations as George Berry or Georges Berry, was an English professional football outside left who made over 130 appearances in the Football League for Brentford. He also played league football for Gillingham, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and after his retirement he had a 30-year management career with clubs in France, Belgium, Tunisia and Luxembourg.
An outside left, Berry began his career with the Royal Naval Depot team in Chatham, before joining Third Division South club Charlton Athletic in 1923. He made 11 league appearances and scored two goals for the club before moving to Gillingham, of the same division, in February 1924. Berry remained at Priestfield for two-and-a-half seasons and made 87 appearances and scoring 11 goals.
Together with Gillingham teammates Wally Barnard, Charlie Reddock, Charlie Butler and Joe Craddock, Berry followed former Gillingham manager Harry Curtis to Third Division South club Brentford in May 1926. He failed to fully make the outside left berth his own and was dropped to the reserve team for the 1929–30 season. He returned to the first team in good form during the 1930–31 season, scoring 19 goals in 37 appearances. The signing of Arthur Crompton in February 1932 signalled the beginning of the end of Berry's time at Griffin Park and after making just one appearance during the early months of the 1932–33 season, he left the club in November 1932. He made 148 appearances and scored 44 goals in just over five seasons with the Bees.
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