Career
He was nicknamed "the assassin" for his habit of taking several different coloured pills before a match. Butler joined Portuguese Vale from Derby County in June 1946. He played 12 Third Division South games in the 1946-1947 season and featured in 39 league and one game in the 1947-1948 campaign.
He continued to be a key part of manager Gordon Hodgson"s first team plans, and played 34 games in the 1948-1949 season and made 43 appearances in the 1949-1950 campaign.
He featured just five times for the "Valiants" in the 1950-1951 season, and was forced to retire from professional football in October 1951 after proving unable to recover from a knee injury. He had played 134 league and cup games during his five years at The Old Recreation Ground / Vale Park.