Arthur Buttery

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Arthur Buttery
Personal information
Full name Arthur Buttery[1]
Date of birth 20 December 1908
Place of birth Hednesford, England
Date of death 1990 (aged 81–82)
Position(s) Inside left
Youth career
St. Peter's Church
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hednesford Town
1929–1932 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 (6)
1932–1937 Bury 104 (38)
1937–1938 Bradford City 35 (13)
1938–1939 Walsall 15 (4)
1939–19?? Bristol Rovers 3 (0)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (war guest)
Stafford Rangers
Total 167 (61)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Arthur Buttery (20 December 1908 – 1990) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left. He scored 61 goals from 167 appearances in the Football League.[1]

Career[]

Born in Hednesford, Buttery played for St. Peter's Church, Hednesford Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bury, Bradford City, Walsall, Bristol Rovers and Stafford Rangers.[2] He joined Bradford City in January 1937, and left the club in June 1938.[3] For them he made 35 appearances in the Football League, scoring 13 goals.[4]

Sources[]

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6. Buttery's three matches for Bristol Rovers were in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned because of the Second World War; unlike many statisticians, Joyce includes these matches.
  2. ^ Shaw, Dave. "No.49 Arthur Buttery" (PDF). Hednesford Town F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ^ Frost, p. 392
  4. ^ Frost, p. 380


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