Wally Buttsworth

Wally Buttsworth
Personal information
Full name	Wallace Francis Buttsworth
Date of birth	(1917-01-21)21 January 1917
Place of birth	North Perth, Western Australia
Date of death
Place of death	Milton, New South Wales
Height/Weight	185 cm / 91 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935-1937 1939-1949	West Perth Essendon	051 (10) 188 0(2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949 season.
Career highlights
West Perth premiership player 1935 West Perth best and fairest 1937 Essendon best and fairest 1941, 1945 & 1946 Essendon premiership player 1942 & 1946 Essendon Team of the Century (Centre half-back)

Wallace Francis 'Wally' Buttsworth (21 January 1917 – 22 May 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

A defender, Buttsworth was a best and fairest winner for Essendon on three occasions and played in two VFL premiership teams. He is the centre half-back in Essendon's 'Team of the Century'.

Before he joined Essendon, Buttsworth played for the West Perth Football Club and also represented Western Australia in two first-class cricket matches.

Family

His younger brother Fred Buttsworth was also a cricketer and footballer. Their father, Frederick Richard Buttsworth, was himself a first-class cricketer.

External links

• Wally Buttsworth's statistics from AFL Tables
• Player profile: Wally Buttsworth from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Wally Buttsworth from CricketArchive