Arthur_Potts_(footballer)
Arthur Potts (footballer)
English footballer
Arthur Potts (26 May 1888 – January 1981) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United and Walsall.[1][4][5][6]
Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Potts[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1888-05-26)26 May 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Cannock, England | ||
| Date of death | January 1981 (1981-02) (aged 92)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Walsall, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Willenhall Pickwick | |||
| 1910–1912 | Hednesford Town | ||
| 1912–1913 | Willenhall Swifts | ||
| 1913–1920 | Manchester United | 27 | (5) |
| 1920–1922 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | (9) |
| 1922–1923 | Walsall | 1 | (0) |
| Bloxwich Strollers | |||
| 1924– | Dudley Town | ||
| 0000–1931 | Red, White & Blue | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Potts served in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War.[2] He later became a publican and ran the Blue Ball pub on Pipers Row, Wolverhampton.[2]
More information Club, Season ...
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester United | 1913–14[2] | First Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1914–15[2] | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1919–20[2] | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1920–21[2] | Second Division | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 10 |
| 1921–22[2] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 10 | ||
| Walsall | 1922–23[2] | Third Division North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 63 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 15 | ||
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- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 234. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- "Arthur Potts – Manchester United and Wolves footballer". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- "Football's advent. Wolverhampton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
- "Potts Arthur Wolverhampton Wanderers 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Sharpe, Graham (8 December 2014). Free the Manchester United One: The Inside Story of Football's Greatest Scam. Pavilion Books. ISBN 978-1-910232-15-6.
- "No.20 Arthur Potts" (PDF). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
