Born: 3 January 1888

Born in: Liverpool

Died: 15 March 1953

Other clubs: Oxford University, Wrexham (six spells from 1907-14), Fulham (1909), Everton (1910-11), Oxford City (1912, 1913-14), Northern Nomads (1914)

Signed from: Oxford University / Everton

Joined Liverpool: September 1906 / 18.06.1912

Debut: 11 Apr 1908

Final appearance: 14 Oct 1912

Contract until: September 1909 / 14.11.1912

League: Apps / Goals: 4 / 0

All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 4 / 0

Player Profile

Right-winger Arthur Berry won two gold medals with England in the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. He and Vivian Woodward are the only players to be on both winning teams. He was educated at Denstone, a college famous as a sports centre. He was the school's cricket captain and tremendously athletic. The school magazine reported: “Arthur Berry incited the rest of team to greater keenness by his splendid fielding; as a batsman he seemed able to his anything and rarely failed to make runs. As a bowler he met with great success, being fast with a deadly swerve. A magnificent field, and won the bat offered for this department.” Berry studied law at Oxford and was prominent in the University's team. His father was Edwin Berry, who was Liverpool's Chairman from 1904-1909, which led to Arthur's first spell at Liverpool. Arthur played his first reserve game in April 1906 and made his first-team debut in April 1908 when the Reds lost 3-1 to Newcastle. The match programme commented that amateur Berry "did sufficient to show that if he cares to take to the game seriously he will be an excellent forward," suggesting he should become a professional. However, Arthur left in September 1909 for Fulham but he was still living up north and found it difficult to travel to London so he joined Everton in February 1910. He made a total of 29 appearances and scored seven goals for the Blues in the First Division.

Arthur rejoined Liverpool in June 1912, but only added one appearance to bring his total to four. As an amateur he featured for a number of teams, utilising his freedom of movement between clubs. Arthur was an FA Amateur Cup winner in 1913 with Oxford City, which was his only club honour. Arthur, still an amateur, retired from football in 1914, served as Adjutant of the Lancashire Fusiliers during WWI, eventually joining the family law firm, which his father headed. Qualifying as a barrister, he died in 1953 and is buried in Allerton Cemetery.