Career
Belfast-born Butler left Belfast Celtic to sign for Blackpool in January 1935. His four-year career with the club was ended by the outbreak of the Second World War. During the war he guested for both Chelsea and Brighton, playing around his time as a Flight-Lieutenant navigator in the Royal Air Force.
In July 1947 he signed with Accrington Stanley, and captained the club to a sixth-place finish in the Football League Third Division North before retiring in May 1948.
On 15 March 1939, he played for Ireland in their 3–1 defeat to Wales. lieutenant was the country"s last match before World World War World War II
After leaving the game he became a licensee in Blackpool.
