Wally Buttsworth
Wallace Francis Buttsworth was an Australian [rules football]er who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League.
Family
Wally had two younger brothers Fred and Brian Buttsworth. Fred Buttsworth was also a List of [Australian rules footballers and cricketers|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, playing for Western Australia in the 1920s.Football
Before he joined Essendon, Buttsworth played for the West Perth Football Club.A defender, Buttsworth was a W. S. [Crichton Medal|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, taking 25 marks at centre half-back for the game.