Geoffrey Butler (born 26 September 1946) is a former professional

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who played as a defender in

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between the 1960s and 1980s. He started out with his hometown club

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and made 55 league appearances for them before a transfer to

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in September 1967.Geoffrey Butler League Stats and 1973 photo at football-heroes
Sporting Heroes Photographic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on: 23 November 2010. He only made a total of nine appearances for Chelsea. He later played for

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and

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, and whilst at Norwich he played for the

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of the

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in the 1974 and 1975 NASL summer seasons, making a total of 40 appearances. He also played for

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. While at Norwich, he was a member of the team that reached the final of the

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1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

. In 1992, it was revealed that South Africa national team manager

Jeff Butler Jeff Butler (born February 26, 1958, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American illustrator and comic book artist. Butler worked with the art department of TSR, Inc. for 5 years, illustrating products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role- ...

had been sacked from his post for passing off Geoffrey Butler's playing career as his own.

Honours

Norwich City *

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Championship 1971-72

References

* Living people 1946 births Footballers from Middlesbrough Men's association football defenders AFC Bournemouth players Chelsea F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Baltimore Comets players Norwich City F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Weymouth F.C. managers English men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate men's footballers English football managers {{england-footy-defender-1940s-stub