Bill Berryman

Who is Bill Berryman?

William "Bill" Berryman was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s.

Berryman, a defender, started out at Devonport in the North West Football Union 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.