Royce Berry Explained

Royce Berry
Birth Date:19 April 1946
Birth Place:Odessa, Texas, U.S.
Position:Defensive end
College:Houston
Draftyear:1969
Draftround:7
Draftpick:161
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Royce Elmer Berry (born April 19, 1946) is an American former defensive end in the American Football League (AFL) in 1969 and in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 to 1976.

Early life

Berry grew up in Odessa, Texas, and played football at Permian High School.[1] He was also on the 1964 basketball team, the first in program history to win the district championship, as well as the baseball team.[2] [3]

Berry played college football for the Houston in 1965, 1966 and in 1968. He missed the 1967 season due to injury.[4] [5]

NFL career

He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round (161st overall) of the 1969 AFL/NFL Common Draft.[6] In his sophomore season of 1970, he started all 14 games as a defensive end, most notably the first-ever Bengals-Cleveland Browns matchup in which Berry scooped up a fumble and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown.[7]

He missed only one start between 1970 and 1973 at left defensive end as part of a formidable line along with Mike Reid, Steve Chomyszak and Ron Carpenter.[8]

In 1974, he played in 13 games, starting one. He was on injured reserve with a broken wrist and did not see action for the Bengals in 1975.[9] Berry served as defensive captain for six seasons.[10]

In May, 1976, Berry was traded to the Chicago Bears.[10] Berry returned for one more NFL season, his eighth, in 1976 with the Chicago Bears, for whom he played in 12 games, starting two.[11] He was waived by the Bears just prior to the 1977 season.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Permian High School - Panther Yearbook (Odessa, TX), Class of 1964, Page 214 . E-yearbook.com . 2016-09-18.
  2. Web site: The Permian Baseball Annual - 1963 . Mojobaseball.com . 2016-09-18.
  3. Web site: BOYS BASKETBALL: Thomas feeds Panthers, then feeds himself in win against Bronchos - Odessa American: Boys . Oaoa.com . 2016-09-18.
  4. Web site: When Bill Yeoman rings, smart guys hang up quick - 09.11.67 - SI Vault . 2014-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203131943/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080283/2/index.htm . 2014-02-03 .
  5. Web site: Cougar Cards: 1970 Topps #86 Royce Berry . Cougarcards.blogspot.com . 2010-08-18 . 2016-09-18.
  6. Web site: Royce Berry NFL & AFL Football Statistics . Pro-Football-Reference.com . 2016-09-18.
  7. Web site: Cleveland Browns defeat Cincinnati Bengals and Paul Brown in first meeting: This Day in Browns History . Cleveland.com . 12 October 2013. 2016-09-18.
  8. Web site: Royce Berry - SI Vault . 2014-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203131946/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Royce_Berry/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/ . 2014-02-03 .
  9. Web site: The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia · Page 23 . Newspapers.com . 1975-09-03 . 2016-09-18.
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160504162622/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19760512&id=LbU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=y2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4068,4481442 . 2016-05-04 . dead .
  11. Web site: Royce Berry NFL & AFL Football Statistics . Pro-Football-Reference.com . 2016-09-18.
  12. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160506171335/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19770906&id=EvVLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1e0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6810,2106142 . 2016-05-06 . dead .

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