Geoff Butler
English footballer and manager
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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 | ||
| Position | 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 119 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Peterborough United | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 418 | (5) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983–2000 | Salisbury City | ||
| 2002–2003 | Weymouth | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 AFC Bournemouth.[2] While at Norwich, he was a member of the team that reached the final of the League Cup in 1973.[5]
In 1983, Butler was appointed as player/manager of Salisbury in the Southern League, later also becoming commercial manager.[6]
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.[7]
Honours
Norwich City
- Second Division Championship 1971-72
