Bill Berry (footballer, born 1904)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bill Berry

| image = Bill Berry, Brentford FC footballer, 1926.jpg

| caption = Berry while with Brentford in 1926

| fullname = William George Berry

| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|8|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hackney, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1972|9|15|1904|8|18|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=William George Berry |url=https://www.geni.com/people/William-Berry/6000000003023253956 |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}

| death_place = Manor Park, England

| height =

| position = Outside left

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Royal Naval Depot

| years1 = 1923–1924

| clubs1 = Charlton Athletic

| caps1 = 11

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1924–1926

| clubs2 = Gillingham

| caps2 = 79

| goals2 = 9

| years3 = 1926–1932

| clubs3 = Brentford

| caps3 = 134

| goals3 = 40

| years4 = 1932–1933

| clubs4 = Crystal Palace

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1933–1934

| clubs5 = Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1934–1937

| clubs6 = SC Fives

| manageryears1 = 1934–1944

| managerclubs1 = SC Fives

| manageryears2 = 1944–1946

| managerclubs2 = Lille

| manageryears3 = 1946–1948

| managerclubs3 = Lierse

| manageryears4 = 1953–1955

| managerclubs4 = Nice

| manageryears5 = 1955–1956

| managerclubs5 = Club de Hammam-Lif

| manageryears6 = 1956–1958

| managerclubs6 = Étoile du Sahel

| manageryears7 = 1958–1961

| managerclubs7 = Jeunesse Esch

| manageryears8 = 1961–1965

| managerclubs8 = Union Luxembourg

}}

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 footballer who made over 130 appearances as an outside left 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.

Playing career

= Early years =

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.{{Cite web |title=Berry Bill Gillingham 1924 |url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/berry-bill-image-1-gillingham-1924/ |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=Vintage Footballers |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Triggs |first=Roger |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X |page=12}}

= Brentford =

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.{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |page=20}} 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.

= Later career =

In November 1932, Berry joined Third Division South club Crystal Palace in a part-exchange deal which saw Idris Hopkins move to Brentford. In what remained of the 1932–33 season, Berry scored four goals in 17 appearances, but in an unlucky twist, he lost his place to new signing Arthur Crompton, whose signing had cost him his place at Brentford a year earlier. He closed out his Football League career with a short spell at Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, before moving to France to join National club SC Fives in 1934, where he remained until his retirement as a player in 1937.

Managerial career

Berry had a long and successful management career in France, Belgium, Tunisia and Luxembourg.{{Cite news |title=World Cup Connections – France |language=en-gb |url=https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2014/may/world-cup-connections---france/ |access-date=14 December 2017}}{{Cite web |title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |access-date=4 February 2018 |website=RSSSF}}{{Cite web |title=Entraîneurs |url=http://www.hamhama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701042101/http://www.hamhama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |access-date=18 October 2015 |website=hamhama.com}}{{Cite web |title=Bienvenue sur le site officiel de l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel |url=http://www.etoile-du-sahel.com/fr/histo/suite_gloires.php?id_gloires=15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029190857/http://www.etoile-du-sahel.com/fr/histo/suite_gloires.php?id_gloires=15 |archive-date=29 October 2007 |access-date=18 October 2015 |website=etoile-du-sahel.com}}{{Cite web |title=Archive |url=http://www.etoile-du-sahel.com/fr/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D9962%26Itemid%3D183 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404195005/http://etoile-du-sahel.com/fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9962&Itemid=183 |archive-date=4 April 2016 |access-date=26 March 2016}}{{Cite web |last=Alencar |title=Futebol: Técnicos Campeões do Campeonato Luxemburguês |url=http://tudosobrefutebol-alencar.blogspot.com/2008/11/tcnicos-campees-do-campeonato_14.html |access-date=18 October 2015 |website=tudosobrefutebol-alencar.blogspot.com}} He won the double with Lille OSC in the 1945–46 season and a Coupe de France with OGC Nice in 1953–54.{{Cite web |title=Coupes – Joueurs – FFF |url=http://www.fff.fr/articles/coupes-1/details-articles/7891-1705-joueurs |access-date=18 October 2015 |website=Fédération Française de Football}} Berry won the Tunisian National Championship twice, in 1955–56 with CS Hammam-Lif and in 1957–58 with Étoile Sportive du Sahel.{{Cite web |title=Les Entraineurs De L'histoire Du Club – Khaledysami – 2001–2002 |url=http://etoile.maxifoot.com/entraineurs.htm |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=Etoile Sportive Du Sahel – Ess Net}} He twice won the Luxembourg National Division with Jeunesse Esch (1958–59 and 1959–60) and once with Union Luxembourg (1961–62), in addition to one Luxembourg Cup with the latter club.

Personal life

Berry was married to Winifred and had three children.{{Cite web |title=Winifred Marguerite Goodrich |url=https://www.geni.com/people/WINIFRED-GOODRICH/6000000003023271200 |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|Gillingham \|1923–24{{Cite web \|title=Gillingham FC Career Details – Bill Berry \|url=http://www.gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Berry%2CBill \|access-date=13 December 2017}} \| rowspan="3" \|Third Division South \|16 \|1 \| colspan="2" \|— \|16 \|1
1924–25 \|37 \|3 \|6 \|1 \|43 \|4
1925–26 \|26 \|5 \|2 \|1 \|28 \|6
colspan="2" \|Total !79 !9 !8 !2 !87 !11
rowspan="7" \|Brentford \|1926–27{{Cite book \|title=100 Years Of Brentford \|publisher=Brentford FC \|year=1989 \|isbn=0951526200 \|editor-last=White \|editor-first=Eric \|pages=369–372}} \| rowspan="6" \|Third Division South \|22 \|5 \|2 \|0 \|24 \|5
1927–28 \|25 \|6 \|1 \|0 \|26 \|6
1928–29 \|23 \|5 \|1 \|0 \|24 \|5
1930–31 \|32 \|18 \|5 \|1 \|37 \|19
1931–32 \|31 \|6 \|5 \|2 \|36 \|8
1932–33 \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|1 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !134 !40 !14 !3 !148 !44
Crystal Palace \|1932–33{{Cite book \|last=Joyce \|first=Michael \|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 \|publisher=Tony Brown \|year=2012 \|isbn=978-1905891610 \|location=Nottingham \|page=25}} \|Third Division South \|17 \|4 \|0 \|0 \|17 \|4
colspan="3" \|Career total !230 !53 !22 !5 !252 !59

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |Gillingham

|1923–24{{Cite web |title=Gillingham FC Career Details – Bill Berry |url=http://www.gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Berry%2CBill |access-date=13 December 2017}}

| rowspan="3" |Third Division South

|16

| colspan="2" |—

|16

1924–25

|37

|43

1925–26

|26

|28

colspan="2" |Total

!79

!87

!11

rowspan="7" |Brentford

|1926–27{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=369–372}}

| rowspan="6" |Third Division South

|22

|24

1927–28

|25

|26

1928–29

|23

|24

1930–31

|32

|18

|37

|19

1931–32

|31

|36

1932–33

| colspan="2" |—

colspan="2" |Total

!134

!40

!14

!148

!44

Crystal Palace

|1932–33{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=25}}

|Third Division South

|17

colspan="3" |Career total

!230

!53

!22

!252

!59

Honours

Lille

Nice

Coupe de France: 1953–54

CS Hammam-Lif

Tunisian National Championship: 1955–56{{Cite web |title=Tunisia – List of Final Tables |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tunhist.html |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=RSSSF}}

Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Tunisian National Championship: 1957–58

Jeunesse Esch

Luxembourg National Division: 1958–59, 1959–60{{Cite web |title=Luxembourg – List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/luxchamp.html |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=RSSSF}}{{Cite web |title=William George Berry :: US Luxembourg :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles (in-depth) :: Career :: Games :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos |url=https://www.thefinalball.com/coach.php?id=10903 |access-date=14 December 2017 |website=www.thefinalball.com |language=en}}

Union Luxembourg