William "Bill" Berry is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

, Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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 and North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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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

Strathmore Football Club

Strathmore Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 7 km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of Strathmore and was founded in 1954 as a junior club.The senior club was established in 1957....

 player went to East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

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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

Ruckman (Australian rules football position)

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 to Ian Hampshire

Ian Hampshire

Ian Hampshire 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 played with the club for eight seasons. He then, in 1976 moved to Footscray where he acted as a secondary...

 in his first three years but became Footscray's first ruckman midway through the 1982 season

1982 VFL season

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, when Hampshire retired. He didn't play a senior game in 1983, when Western Australian recruit Andrew Purser

Andrew Purser

Andrew Purser is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League.A ruckman, Purser was a premiership player with East Fremantle in 1979. He joined Footscray in 1983 and played with the club for five seasons...

 took over as number one ruckman with a strong debut season.

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

Gary Dempsey

Gary Dempsey is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League....

.