Geoff Butler
Geoffrey Butler (born 26 September 1946) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender in The Football League between the 1960s and 1980s.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Butler | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1967 | Middlesbrough | 55 | (1) |
| 1967 | Chelsea | 9 | (0) |
| 1967–1969 | Sunderland | 3 | (0) |
| 1969–1976 | Norwich City | 153 | (1) |
| 1974–1975 | → Baltimore Comets (loan) | 40 | (2) |
| 1975–1981 | Bournemouth | 119 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Peterborough | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 418 | (5) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983–2000 | Salisbury City | ||
| 2002–2003 | Weymouth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He started out with his hometown club Middlesbrough and made 55 league appearances for them before a transfer to Chelsea in September 1967.[2] He only made a total of nine appearances for Chelsea.[3] He later played for Sunderland and Norwich City,[1] and whilst at Norwich he played for the Baltimore Comets of the North American Soccer League in the 1974 and 1975 NASL summer seasons, making a total of 40 appearances.[4] He also played for Bournemouth.[2] While at Norwich, he was a member of the team that reached the final of the League Cup in 1973.[5] In 1992, it was revealed that South Africa national team manager Jeff Butler had been sacked from his post for passing off Geoffrey Butler's playing career as his own.[6]
Honours
- Second Division Championship 1971-72
References
- Geoff Butler at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- Geoffrey Butler League Stats and 1973 photo at football-heroes. Sporting Heroes Photographic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on: 23 November 2010.
- Chelsea Player Database
- NASL stats at nasljerseys.com
- 1973 Football League Cup Final line-ups at soccerbase
- Hawkey, Ian (2009). Feet of the Chameleon : the Story of African Football. London: Pavilion Books Company Limited. ISBN 9781909396067. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt (2001). Canary Citizens. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)