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English footballer

Arthur Potts
Personal information
Full name Arthur Potts
Date of birth (1888-05-26)26 May 1888
Place of birth Cannock, England
Date of death January 1981 (1981-02) (aged 92)
Place of death Walsall, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
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.

Personal life

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.

Career statistics

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 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

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 234. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "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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