Bill Berry (Australian footballer)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bill Berry

| image =

| fullname = William Berry

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|6|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Strathmore (EDFL){{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

| height = 196 cm

| weight = 92 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1985

| years1 = 1975–1977

| club1 = Essendon

| games_goals1 = 14 {{0}}(4)

| years2 = 1979–1982

| club2 = Footscray

| games_goals2 = 43 (18)

| years3 = 1984–1985

| club3 = North Melbourne

| games_goals3 = 12 {{0}}(0)

| games_goalstotal = 69 (22)

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William Berry (born 27 June 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

After making his way up from the Under-19s, Berry was unable to put together regular senior appearances and spent most of his time at Essendon in the reserves.{{cite web| url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=66| title=Berry, Bill| publisher=Essendon Football Club| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317133855/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=66| archivedate=17 March 2011| df=dmy-all}}

The former Strathmore player went to East Fremantle for the 1978 season and when he returned to Victoria a year later he joined Footscray. Berry was a back up ruckman to Ian Hampshire in his first three years but became Footscray's first ruckman midway through the 1982 season, when Hampshire retired. He didn't play a senior game in 1983, when Western Australian recruit Andrew Purser took over as number one ruckman with a strong debut season.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/W/William_Berry.html AFL Tables: William Berry]

Berry moved to North Melbourne in 1984 and played 11 games in the second half of the year, due to an injury to Gary Dempsey.The Age,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2lFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4163,5004260 "North's top names may be back"], 11 April 1984, p. 38