Date of death December 1987 (age 75) Years Team Height 1.8 m Parents Deborah Butler | Playing position Name Malcolm Butler Weight 86 kg | |
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Full name Malcolm Partridge Butler Date of birth (1913-08-06)6 August 1913 Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland Role American football cornerback Current team New England Patriots (#21 / Cornerback, Safety) Education Hinds Community College, University of West Alabama, Alcorn State University Similar People Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Jermaine Kearse, Tom Brady, Brandon LaFell Profiles | ||
Malcolm Partridge Butler (6 August 1913 - December 1987) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a full back in The Football League for Blackpool and Accrington Stanley. He also won one cap for Ireland.
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Club 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.
International career
On 15 March 1939, he played for Ireland in their 3–1 defeat to Wales. It was the country's last match before World War II.
Post-retirement
After leaving the game he became a licensee in Blackpool.
