| Wally Buttsworth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| 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 | |||
| |||
| 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.