Wally Buttsworth | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Wallace Francis Buttsworth | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1917 | ||
Place of birth | North Perth, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 22 May 2002 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Milton, New South Wales | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–1937 | West Perth | 51 (10) | |
1939–1949 | Essendon | 188 | (2)|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Wallace Francis Buttsworth (21 January 1917 – 22 May 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Wally had 2 younger brothers Fred and Brian Buttsworth. Fred Buttsworth was also a cricketer and footballer. [2] Brian Buttsworth played for West Perth Football Club. Their father, Frederick Richard Buttsworth, was himself a first-class cricketer. [3]
Before he joined Essendon, Buttsworth played for the West Perth Football Club. [4]
A defender, Buttsworth was a best and fairest winner for Essendon on three occasions and played in two VFL premiership teams inn 1942 and 1946. [5] He is the centre half-back in Essendon's 'Team of the Century'. [5] He was broadly considered best on ground in the club's one point 1947 grand final loss against Carlton, taking 25 marks at centre half-back for the game. [6] [7] [8]
He represented Western Australia in two first-class cricket matches. [9]
In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 12 in their Champions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.
Wally Buttsworth | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Wallace Francis Buttsworth | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1917 | ||
Place of birth | North Perth, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 22 May 2002 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Milton, New South Wales | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–1937 | West Perth | 51 (10) | |
1939–1949 | Essendon | 188 | (2)|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Wallace Francis Buttsworth (21 January 1917 – 22 May 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Wally had 2 younger brothers Fred and Brian Buttsworth. Fred Buttsworth was also a cricketer and footballer. [2] Brian Buttsworth played for West Perth Football Club. Their father, Frederick Richard Buttsworth, was himself a first-class cricketer. [3]
Before he joined Essendon, Buttsworth played for the West Perth Football Club. [4]
A defender, Buttsworth was a best and fairest winner for Essendon on three occasions and played in two VFL premiership teams inn 1942 and 1946. [5] He is the centre half-back in Essendon's 'Team of the Century'. [5] He was broadly considered best on ground in the club's one point 1947 grand final loss against Carlton, taking 25 marks at centre half-back for the game. [6] [7] [8]
He represented Western Australia in two first-class cricket matches. [9]
In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 12 in their Champions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.