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).

Charles Joseph Wells Butler (10 October 1897 – September 1963), sometimes known as Joe Butler,^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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(1963-09-00) (aged 65)[2]
Place of death	Harrow, England
Position	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
1912	England Schoolboys	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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[6]	Third Division South	13	0	0	0	13	0
	1924–25[6]	Third Division South	21	0	4	0	25	0
	1925–26[6]	Third Division South	36	0	2	0	38	0
	1926–27[6]	Third Division South	6	0	—		6	0
	Total		76	0	6	0	82	0
Brentford	1926–27[7]	Third Division South	27	0	8	0	35	0
	1927–28[7]	Third Division South	40	0	0	0	40	0
	Total		67	0	8	0	75	0
Career total			143	0	14	0	157	0