Malcolm Butler (Irish footballer)

Malcolm Partridge Butler (6 August 1913 - December 1987) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a full back in The Football League for Blackpool and Accrington Stanley. He also won one cap for Ireland.

Malcolm Butler
Personal information
Full name Malcolm Partridge Butler
Date of birth (1913-08-06)6 August 1913
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death December 1987 (age 75)
Playing position(s) Full Back
Youth career
Elmgrove
Belfast Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1939 Blackpool 25 (0)
1947–1948 Accrington Stanley 32 (0)
Total 57 (0)
National team
1939 Ireland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Belfast-born Butler left Belfast Celtic to sign for Blackpool in January 1935.[1] His four-year career with the club was ended by the outbreak of the Second World War.

During the war he guested for both Chelsea and Brighton, playing around his time as a Flight-Lieutenant navigator in the Royal Air Force.

In July 1947 he signed with Accrington Stanley, and captained the club to a sixth-place finish in the Football League Third Division North before retiring in May 1948.

International career

On 15 March 1939, he played for Ireland in their 3–1 defeat to Wales.[2] It was the country's last match before World War II.

Post-retirement

After leaving the game he became a licensee in Blackpool.

References
  1. Hugman, Barry (2005). The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press.
  2. "Malcolm Butler". nifootball.blogspot.com. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
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