Walter Potts

Walter Potts (born 6 August 1876) was an English footballer who played for Belgian clubs Antwerp and Beerschot AC between 1899 and 1905.

Club career Walter Potts and his younger brother Herbert were strikers for Antwerp FC at the end of the 19th century, making his debut against FC Liégeois on 12 November 1899, and helping his side to a 5–3 win, thus ending Liégeois' 23-match unbeaten run.

Following this, the majority of the players and the Potts brothers left the club to join the newly founded Beerschot AC under the chairmanship of Max Elsen and later in the season Paul Havenith. Whilst his brother Herbert was named the captain of the football team, Walter was named vice-captain of the cricket team, but despite this, he still started in the club's first official match on 21 October 1900, which ended in a 10–2 victory over FC Brugeois.

International career On 28 April 1901, Potts participated in the very first match of a Belgian national team at the 1901 Coupe Vanden Abeele, scoring his side's final goal in an 8–0 trashing of a third-rate Dutch side. He was one of four Beerschot players to feature in this match, the others being his brother, Jan Robyns, and captain Albert Friling; however, this match is not officially recognized by FIFA because of the presence of foreign players in the Belgium side, including the Potts brothers. Challenge International du Nord: 1901