Bill Berryman

Bill Berryman
Personal information
Full name	William Berryman
Date of birth	14 November 1899
Date of death	11 January 1953 (aged 53)
Original team(s)	Devonport
Height/Weight	173 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1926–28	South Melbourne	47 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928 season.

William "Bill" Berryman (14 November 1899 – 11 January 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Berryman, a defender, started out at Devonport in the North West Football Union (NWFU) and won the Cheel Medal as the competition's 'best and fairest' player in 1925. He then had his three-year stint at South Melbourne before continuing where he left of with Devonport by winning the 1930 Royal Medal. Berryman spent the 1930 and 1931 NWFU seasons as captain-coach.

For his contribution to football in the state, Berryman was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

References

• Bill Berryman's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.