Appearances:
72 |
Starts:
72 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
Assists:
Goal Involvements:
Player #394
Source: Aston Villa Handbook 1946-47
Source: Aston Villa Handbook 1946-47
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Right Back
1945-46
1947-48
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Vic Potts
Vic Potts
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1945-46 | 1946-47 | 1947-48 |
Age
30 | 31 | 32 |
Division
FA | D1 | D1 |
Squad #
Appearances
8 | 37 | 27 |
Starts
8 | 37 | 27 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists
Bookings
Red Cards
Games / Goals
Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1945-46 | 1946-47 | 1947-48 |
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⛔ %
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
Victor Ernest Potts
Birth Date
20 August 1915
Birth Place
Aston, Birmingham
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Birchfield Road School |
Metro Welfare FC |
Tottenham Hotspur |
Northfleet United |
1934-38 Tottenham Hotspur |
1938-45 Doncaster Rovers |
Transfer in
Aged
29
From
Doncaster Rovers
For
Free
On
August 1945
Under
Alex Massie
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
33
Retired
To
For
Released
On
May 1949
Under
Alex Massie
Subsequent Clubs
Retired |
Died
22 October 1996, Aged 81
Villa Career
1945-48 Free, 72 | 0 | #394 |
Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
72
0
Goals
0
Played Under
Alex Massie
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1945-46
5 January 1946
Coventry City (a), FA Cup
30
No Substitutes in Period
Did not score
Appearances
Goals
72
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1947-48
14 April 1948
Blackburn Rovers (h), Division One
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
32
No Substitutes in Period
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(5 ft 9 in) 1.75 m
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Vic Potts
Source: Aston Villa Handbook 1946-47
Source: Aston Villa Handbook 1946-47
Player #400 for Aston Villa, Victor Ernest Potts, known as Vic Potts, played as a right back for the club. Vic played for Villa between 1945-46 and 1947-48 making 72 appearances.
Vic was born in Aston, less than a mile from Villa Park, on 20 August 1915 and made his debut appearance for Villa in the 1945-46 regional league aged 30.
Villa had signed Vic from Doncaster Rovers and he made 39 appearances in his debut season.
Despite his late arrival at Villa Park, Vic had already tasted glory - winning an Aston Villa Schools Cup medal with Birchfield Road School - which made his “one of the proudest boys in Brum”. Vic had also represented Villa as a guest player in war-time football with his first few games seeing him partner Eric Houghton at full back in the Birmingham and District League.
As a guest, Vic became a fans’ favourite, and in August 1945 Vic’s boyhood dreams came true and he signed professionally with /his/ club.
Quick tackling, hearty defender Vic originally joined Villa as a guest player in War time football and established himself as a first class defender for the club. Vic signed professional forms with Villa in August 1945, a clean and clever tackler with an ability to recover his position quickly, Vic could strike the ball with equal effect on either foot. Vic had played for Tottenham Hotspur’s nursery club, Northfleet, before moving on to Doncaster Rovers in 1938-39 from whom he joined Villa and but for injury, despite his veteran age, would have continued to serve Villa with great stature.
Vic appeared in all 8 of Villa’s matches in the 1947 FA Cup and those fixtures represented his first professional appearances for Villa.
Despite being born but a stone’s throw from Villa Park, Vic would be in his 30s before finally pulling on the claret and blue jersey of his local club, his stylish and courageous tackling quickly endeared him to the Villa faithful, who like his team-mate Les Smith had an uncanny ability to recover from difficult positions that would leave the crowd gasping.
Vic continued his importance to the first team once league football proper had resumed in 1946-47 making a further 36 appearances before playing his final game of 26 in the 1947-48 season, on Wednesday, 14 April 1948, following which he retired from football.
Vic’s final Villa game came at the age of just 32 having played under Villa manager Alex Massie before retiring.
Vic passed away in Sutton Coldfield on 22nd October 1996 aged 81.