Ernest Butler

Ernest "Ernie" Butler (13 May 1919 – 31 January 2002) was an English footballer.

Ernie Butler
Personal information
Full name Ernest Butler
Date of birth (1919-05-13)13 May 1919
Place of birth Box, Wiltshire, England
Date of death 31 January 2002(2002-01-31) (aged 82)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Box
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1953 Portsmouth 222 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He signed for Portsmouth from Bath City and served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and was a guest goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers when stationed on Merseyside .[1] Whilst at Portsmouth he won back-to-back Football League Championships.

References

Specific
  1. "Pompey mourn Butler". BBC Online. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  • Ernie Butler at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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