Jim Walter Berry (30 May 1945 – 14 December 2020) was a Canadian international

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player. He represented Canada at the

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and appeared in four full internationals for Canada, all of them qualification matches for the 1970 World Cup. In 1972, he played in the

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with

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. Berry died on 14 December 2020 at a hospice in Missiauga after battling for 5 years with

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and heart disease, at the age of 75.

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