Geoff Butler
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Butler | ||
| Date of birth | September 26, 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| 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) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983-2000 | Salisbury City | ||
| 2002-2003 | Weymouth | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Geoffrey "Geoff" Butler (born 26 September 1946 in Middlesbrough) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender in The Football League between the 1960s and 1980s.[1]
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]
Honours
- Second Division Championship 1971-72
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geoffrey Butler League Stats and 1973 photo at football-heroes. Sporting Heroes Photographic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on: November 23, 2010.
- ↑ Chelsea Player Database
- ↑ NASL stats at nasljerseys.com
- ↑ 1973 Football League Cup Final line-ups at soccerbase
- Pages with reference errors
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- Living people
- 1946 births
- Sportspeople from Middlesbrough
- Association football defenders
- A.F.C. Bournemouth players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- Baltimore Comets players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Weymouth F.C. managers
- English football defender, 1940s birth stubs
