Arthur Buttery (20 December 1908 – 6 July 1990) was an English professional

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who played as an

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. He scored 61 goals from 167 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

. 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. He was nicknamed "The Gentleman."

Career

Born in

Hednesford Hednesford ( () is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. The Cannock Chase area of natural beauty is to the north of the town. Hednesford is also to the north of Cannock and to the south of ...

, Buttery played for St. Peter's Church,

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...

. His performance at Hednesford – 18 goals in seven games – was quickly noticed and he was signed to

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

in 1929 for £450 (). He later played for Bury,

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...

and

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Division One West. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include ...

. He joined Bradford City in January 1937, and left the club in June 1938. For them he made 35 appearances in

, scoring 13 goals.Frost, p. 380 Buttery became a respected scout in his retirement, one of his recruits being English international

Gerry Hitchens Gerald Archibald Hitchens (8 October 1934 – 13 April 1983) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Early career Hitchens was born in the village of Rawnsley, Staffordshire, near Cannock, and began his career as a coal miner. ...

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1908 births 1990 deaths English men's footballers Hednesford Town F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Bury F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football inside forwards Footballers from Hednesford 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub