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	22 May 2002(2002-05-22) (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	051 (10)
1939–1949	Essendon	188 0(2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Career highlights
West Perth premiership player 1935 West Perth best and fairest 1937 Essendon best and fairest 1941, 1945 & 1947 Essendon premiership player 1942 & 1946 Essendon Team of the Century (Centre half-back)
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).

Family

Wally had two younger brothers Fred and Brian Buttsworth. Fred Buttsworth was also a cricketer and footballer and winner of the 1951 Sandover Medal. Brian Buttsworth played for West Perth Football Club. Their father, Frederick Richard Buttsworth, was himself a first-class cricketer.

Football

Before he joined Essendon, Buttsworth played for the West Perth Football Club.

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. He is the centre half-back in Essendon's 'Team of the Century'. 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.

Cricket

He represented Western Australia in two first-class cricket matches.

Champions of Essendon

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.

External links

• Wally Buttsworth's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Wally Buttsworth at ESPNcricinfo