Johnny Berry was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, the son of Mary and Reginald Johnny Berry, a Sergeant in the Royal Horse Artillery; he lived with his family on Crimea Road in the town.
13 Facts About Johnny Berry
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Johnny Berry tried to sign for Aldershot but was told he was too short.
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Johnny Berry died of cancer in a hospice in Farnham in Surrey at the age of 68 in September 1994 after a short illness and was buried in the Catholic section at Aldershot Cemetery.
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Johnny Berry was the first surviving player of the Munich air disaster to die.
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Johnny Berry played 277 matches for Manchester United, scoring 44 goals along the way, including helping Manchester United win three league titles.
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Johnny Berry played regularly for the first six seasons, before losing his place in the starting XI to youngster Kenny Morgans.
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Johnny Berry was capped four times by England while playing for Manchester United, his chances of regular international action inevitably restricted by the form of Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney on the wing.
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Johnny Berry spent two months in hospital with a fractured skull, a broken jaw, a broken elbow, a broken pelvis, and a broken leg.
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Johnny Berry only found out which of his teammates had been killed some time after he returned to England.
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Doctors treating Johnny Berry felt that he was not well enough to be told that any of his colleagues had died at the time.
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Johnny Berry later ran a sports business with his younger brother Peter in Cove, a village near Aldershot, until the 1980s.
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Johnny Berry spent the final years of his working life as a storeman in a local television warehouse.
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Neil Johnny Berry published a book in 2007, The Forgotten Babe, describing his father's years at Manchester United.