| Wally Buttsworth | |||
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| 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 | 51 (10) | |
| 1939–1949 | Essendon | 188(2) | |
| Total | 239 (12) | ||
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 anAustralian rules footballer who played forEssendon in theVictorian Football League (VFL).
Wally had two younger brothers Fred and Brian Buttsworth.Fred Buttsworth was also acricketer and footballer and winner of the 1951Sandover Medal.[2] Brian Buttsworth played forWest Perth Football Club. Their father,Frederick Richard Buttsworth, was himself a first-class cricketer.[3]
Before he joined Essendon, Buttsworth played for theWest Perth Football Club.[4]
A defender, Buttsworth was abest and fairest winner for Essendon on three occasions and played in two VFL premiership teams inn 1942 and 1946.[5] He is thecentre half-back in Essendon's 'Team of the Century'.[5] He was broadly considered best on ground in the club's one point1947 grand final loss againstCarlton, taking 25 marks at centre half-back for the game.[6][7][8]
He representedWestern Australia in twofirst-class cricket matches.[9]
In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 12 in theirChampions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.
