Wally Buttsworth

Wally Buttsworth played 188 senior VFL games for Essendon between 1939 and 1949, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Wally Buttsworth's career spans 2 decades, from the 1930s to the 1940s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Wally Buttsworth at a peak of 90 out of 100, reached in the 1940s. That figure measures Wally Buttsworth only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1940s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Wally Buttsworth include 2 premierships. Wally Buttsworth also polled 45 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Wally Buttsworth with 2 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.