George Berry (born November 19, 1957 in Rostrup, Germany) is a former Welsh international footballer, who played as a centre back. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He was a tough-tackling defender also noted for his distinctive afro haircut.

Career

Berry began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers as an apprentice in April 1974, turning professional on his 18th birthday. He made his first team debut for the club on May 7, 1977 in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea, which won the club the Second Division championship. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.

He was only a peripheral figure in the following season, but became a regular in the 1978/79 season. The season also saw him earn a call-up to the Welsh national team to play his country of birth West Germany - despite his birthplace, his mother was Welsh; his father Jamaican - in a European Championship qualifier which the Germans won 2-0 on May 2, 1979. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European In doing so, he became the first black player ever to represent Wales.

The defender remained a first choice throughout the next few years, winning the fans' player of the year award in 1979 and the 1980 League Cup, when Wolves beat reigning European champions Nottingham Forest 1-0 at Wembley. The 1980 Football League Cup Final was a football match held on 15 March 1980 between League Cup holders and European champions Nottingham Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the

The club suffered relegation though in 1981/82 and Berry was sold to Stoke City, for whom he made the most appearances in his career. Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. He spent eight years there - 2 in the top flight - and captained the club. When Stoke dropped to the third tier in 1990, Berry joined Peterborough United, with whom he was promoted from the (old) Division 4, scoring the vital last day equaliser which achieved it. Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football team based in Peterborough. "Fourth Division" redirects here For usage of the term in the Military, see 4th Division.

He moved onto Preston North End for the following season, but after failing to adapt to the club's plastic pitch, was loaned to Aldershot. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club which went out of business in 1992. The club went bankrupt mid-season though had to withdraw from the Football League, which, apart from a brief stint in Portugal, effectively ended Berry's professional career. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs

Since retiring from playing, he has hosted his own local radio show and now works for the PFA as the Senior Commercial Executive at their Manchester offices and for FIFPro. The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA is the association for professional footballers in the United Kingdom. The Fédération Internationale Des Associations de Footballeurs Professionels, usually known by the abbreviation FIFPro, is a worldwide representative organization for professional He has also studied Business Studies at Staffordshire University. Staffordshire University is a University with its main Campus based in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford

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