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Geoff Butler

English footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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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]

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Honours

Norwich City

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