Arthur Potts | |
Fullname: | Arthur Potts[1] |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1888 |
Birth Place: | Cannock, England |
Death Place: | Walsall, England |
Height: | [2] |
Position: | Inside forward |
Clubs1: | Willenhall Pickwick |
Years2: | 1910–1912 |
Clubs2: | Hednesford Town |
Years3: | 1912–1913 |
Clubs3: | Willenhall Swifts |
Years4: | 1913–1920 |
Clubs4: | Manchester United |
Caps4: | 27 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 1920–1922 |
Caps5: | 35 |
Goals5: | 9 |
Years6: | 1922–1923 |
Clubs6: | Walsall |
Caps6: | 1 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Clubs7: | Bloxwich Strollers |
Years8: | 1924– |
Clubs8: | Dudley Town |
Years9: | –1931 |
Clubs9: | Red, White & Blue |
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.[3] [4] [5]
Potts served in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War. He later became a publican and ran the Blue Ball pub on Pipers Row, Wolverhampton.
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Manchester United | 1913–14[6] | First Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
1914–15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |||
1919–20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5 | |||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1920–21 | Second Division | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 10 | |
1921–22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 35 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 10 | |||
Walsall | 1922–23 | Third Division North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 63 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 15 |