10 Facts About Wally Watts

Walter Watts was an Australian sportsman, best known as the oldest player to have played a senior game in the West Australian Football League.

Wally Watts later moved to Midland Junction, where he worked as a blacksmith for the Midland Railway of Western Australia at the Midland Railway Workshops.

Wally Watts was a foundation member of the Midland First Grade cricket team, and was responsible for the improvement of the Midland Oval for the use of both the cricket and football team.

Wally Watts was a noted player of Australian rules football for the Midland Junction Football Club, playing alongside several of his sons.

Wally Watts played his final game, against Subiaco on 5 August 1916, at the age of 44 years and 49 days, making him the oldest person to play senior football in the West Australian Football League.

Wally Watts had been called out of retirement for one final game due to a player shortage at the club caused by a large number of players enlisting in the military.

In December 1917, Wally Watts enlisted in the Australian Army, and was made a 2nd Corporal in the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Company.

Wally Watts returned in 1919 and was discharged on 25 June 1919.

Wally Watts represented the Midland-Guildford Cricket Club on the Western Australian Cricket Association, and served on a number of committees.

Wally Watts was married to Alice, had nine sons and three daughters.