Joseph Henry Butler (1879 – August 1941) was an English professional football goalkeeper who made 457 appearances in the Football League for Stockport County, Clapton Orient, Glossop, Sunderland and Lincoln City.[3] With Sunderland, he won the 1912–13 First Division title and played on the losing side in the 1913 FA Cup Final.[4]
Honours
Sunderland
- Football League First Division (1): 1912–13[5]
- Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup (2): 1912–13, 1913–14[5][6]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stockport County | 1900–01[7] | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1901–02[7] | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1902–03[7] | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1903–04[7] | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 1904–05[7] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| Total | 133 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 1 | ||
| Clapton Orient | 1905–06[7] | Second Division | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Stockport County | 1905–06[7] | Second Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1906–07[7] | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 1907–08[7] | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Stockport County total | 207 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 1 | ||
| Sunderland | 1912–13[5] | First Division | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 1913–14[6] | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total | 65 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 0 | ||
| Lincoln City | 1914–15[8] | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |
| Macclesfield | 1919–20[9] | Cheshire County League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Career total | 352 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 389 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance in Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup
- ^ 2 appearances in Altrincham Cup, 1 appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 48. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Joe Butler". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Brown, Paul (23 April 2013). "From the Archives: Sunderland fan calls house 'Aston Villa'". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Watts, Ian. "Joe Butler County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Lincoln City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1919–20". www.silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.