1958–1961 Ipswich Town ?–1951 Crystal Palace Name Peter Berry | Years Team Role Footballer 1951–1958 Crystal Palace | |
Date of birth (1933-09-20) 20 September 1933 (age 82) | ||
Place of birth Aldershot, England | ||
Peter Berry (born 20 September 1933, in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English, retired professional footballer, who played as a forward. He made a total of 189 Football League appearances for Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town scoring 33 goals. He is the younger brother of the late Johnny Berry (1926–1994), of Manchester United and England, whose career was ended by the Munich air disaster.
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Playing career
Berry began his youth career at Crystal Palace and signed professional terms in August 1951. However his career was then interrupted by National Service and he did not make his debut until January 1954. He began his career as a winger but played mainly as an inside forward and could also play at centre forward. Over the following four seasons Berry was a regular in the Palace first team making a total of 151 League appearances, scoring 27 times. In May 1958, Berry was signed, together with Palace colleague Jimmy Belcher for Ipswich Town, by then manager Alf Ramsay. However, in September 1959, Berry suffered an injury which would ultimately end his career and he retired as a result of this in June 1961, after 38 appearances (6 goals) for Ipswich.
Post retirement
After retiring as a player, Berry ran a sports shop in partnership with his brother in Cove, Hampshire.