Reuben Butler (born 1890) was an English footballer who played as a

centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

. Butler was born in

Stillington, County Durham Stillington is a village in the civil parish of Stillington and Whitton, in County Durham, England, northwest of Stockton-on-Tees. Governance Stillington is under the jurisdiction of Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council and is represented b ...

. His clubs included Middlesbrough,

Hartlepool Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...

, Bury, Bradford City, Oldham Athletic and Crewe Alexandra. At Bradford he scored 16 goals in 40 games, with all but one of those goals coming in the 1924–25 season, when he was club's top goal-scorer, scoring nearly half of its goals, as City struggled in the bottom half of

Division Two NCL Division Two The NCL or National Conference League Division Two (known as the Kingstone Press NCL Division Two) League winners {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - , colspan=4 style="text-align:center;" , NCL DIVISION TWO , ...

.https://www.enfa.co.uk (subscription required)

References

1890 births Year of death missing English men's footballers English Football League players Bury F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Footballers from County Durham Men's association football forwards People from Stillington, County Durham {{England-footy-forward-1890s-stub