William Berry (born 27 June 1957) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

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, Footscray and

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in the

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(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. The former Strathmore player went to

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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 Ian James "Bluey" Hampshire (9 May 1948 – 2 September 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Footscray. He played as a ruckman. Recruited from Portland to Geelong, Hampshire made his VFL debut in 1968 and pla ...

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.AFL Tables: William Berry
/ref> 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.''

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"North's top names may be back"
11 April 1984, p. 38

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Bill 1957 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Western Bulldogs players North Melbourne Football Club players East Fremantle Football Club players Strathmore Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen