Career
He made one appearance for the England national team and went on to a career as a manager, with Torquay United, Crystal Palace and Colchester United in the League. He also managed Royal Daring of Belgium and coached the Belgium national team Born in Colombo (in what is now Sri Lanka) to English parents, Butler moved back to Britain as a child.
He played for Dartford and Fulham Thursday as a youth, before signing for Fulham in 1913 and moving to in 1914.
He played in the Gunners" reserve side in his first season, before World War I intervened. Butler duly signed up for the Royal Artillery and served in France during the war, and returned to after the end of hostilities.
By then he had come of age, and with the resumption of first-class football, he made his first-team debut for the Gunners, against Bolton Wanderers on 15 November 1919. A tall, elegant and clean player, Butler initially played as a traditional "centre half" — id est (that is) as a central, deep-lying midfielder.
He was in competition with the Gunner"s regular centre halves, Chris Buckley and Alex Graham, but by 1924-1925, he was the undisputed first-choice centre half, playing in all but three games of the club"s League campaign that season.
He made a total of 296 appearances for, scoring 8 goals. Butler left in the summer of 1930. In all he played 296 matches for the Gunners, scoring eight goals.
He later had a spell as a trainer at Leicester City, and went on to manage Torquay United (1946–1947), Crystal Palace (1947–1949) and Colchester United (1953–1955).
He died in 1961, at the age of 66. As a player.