Rex Berry
Appearance
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![]() Berry in 1955 | |||||||||
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Position: | Defensive back Halfback | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Moab, Utah, U.S. | September 9, 1924||||||||
Died: | July 1, 2005 Provo, Utah, U.S. | (aged 80)||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Carbon (Provo, Utah) | ||||||||
College: | BYU | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1951: 14th round, 162nd pick | ||||||||
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Charles Rex Berry (September 9, 1924 – July 1, 2005) was a professional American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers (1951–1956).
Berry was a star athlete at Carbon High School (called the Carbon Comet) in Price, Utah in multiple sports and played on several American Legion baseball teams. At BYU he was on both the football and baseball teams. He combined on a 2-0 shutout of Smithfield with Eldon Rachele in state baseball play. He led Helper to the 1940 American Legion state baseball title.
Berry was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in several positions in the Church, including as a bishop and a member of a high council.[1]
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Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Price, Utah
- People from Moab, Utah
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- American football cornerbacks
- BYU Cougars football players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Players of American football from Utah
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive back, pre-1930 birth stubs