John Butler (footballer, born 1937)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 March 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Date of death | 2010 (aged 72–73) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Bestwood Colliery | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1962 | Notts County | 109 | (0) |
1962–1968 | Chester | 222 | (0) |
Total | 331 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Herbert Butler[1] (1937 – 2010) was a footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League for Notts County and Chester.[2] He was ever present when Notts County won promotion from Division Four in the 1959–60 season.[1] Butler moved on a free transfer from Notts County to Chester in 1962.[1]
Declined the opportunity to manage Nantwich on the club's return to the Cheshire County League in 1968[3] but signed as a player before injury forced him to retire early in the 1968/69 campaign.
References[]
- ^ a b c Maurice Golesworth (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.
- ^ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "John Butler". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Crewe Chronicle". 16 May 1968.
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Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2010 deaths
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Association football central defenders
- English footballers
- Notts County F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football defender, 1930s birth stubs