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Arthur Potts (footballer)

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Arthur Potts
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

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]

Personal life

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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]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 234. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Arthur Potts – Manchester United and Wolves footballer". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Football's advent. Wolverhampton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Potts Arthur Wolverhampton Wanderers 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "No.20 Arthur Potts" (PDF). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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