Charlie Butler

This article is about the English footballer. For the Australian footballer, see Charlie Butler (Australian footballer). For the baseball player, see Charlie Butler (baseball).

Charlie Butler
Butler while with Brentford in 1927.
Personal information
Full name Charles Joseph Wells Butler[1]
Date of birth 10 October 1897
Place of birth Watford, England
Date of death September 1963 (aged 65)
Place of death Harrow, England
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ton Pentre
1922–1923 Manchester United 0 (0)
1923 Gillingham 13 (0)
1924 → Grays Thurrock (loan)
1924–1926 Gillingham 63 (0)
1926–1928 Brentford 67 (0)
1928 Montreal Carsteel
International career
England Schoolboys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Joseph Wells Butler (10 October 1897 – September 1963), sometimes known as Joe Butler,[2] was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. After a brief spell with Manchester United in which he failed to break into the first-team, he played for Brentford and Gillingham between 1923 and 1928.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gillingham 1923–24[4] Third Division South 13 0 0 0 13 0
1924–25[4] 21 0 4 0 25 0
1925–26[4] 36 0 2 0 38 0
1926–27[4] 6 0 — 6 0
Total 76 0 6 0 82 0
Brentford 1926–27[5] Third Division South 27 0 8 0 35 0
1927–28[5] 40 0 0 0 40 0
Total 67 0 8 0 75 0
Career Total 143 0 14 0 157 0

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 47. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 32. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 12. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  4. ^ a b c d "Gillingham FC Career Details". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 369. ISBN 0951526200.


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