Joe Butler (footballer, born 1879) explained

Joe Butler
Fullname:	Joseph Henry Butler^[1]
Birth Date:	1879^[2]
Birth Place:	Dawley Bank, England
Position:	Goalkeeper
Years1:	1900–1905
Clubs1:	Stockport County
Caps1:	133
Goals1:	1
Years2:	1905–1906
Clubs2:	Clapton Orient
Caps2:	20
Goals2:	0
Years3:	1906–1908
Clubs3:	Stockport County
Caps3:	74
Goals3:	0
Years4:	1908–1912
Clubs4:	Glossop
Caps4:	161
Goals4:	0
Years5:	1912–1914
Clubs5:	Sunderland
Caps5:	65
Goals5:	0
Years6:	1914–1915
Clubs6:	Lincoln City
Caps6:	37
Goals6:	0
Years7:	1916–1919
Clubs7:	Stockport County
Caps7:	37
Goals7:	0
Years8:	1919–1920
Clubs8:	Macclesfield
Caps8:	23
Goals8:	0
Totalcaps:	513
Totalgoals:	1

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^[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		28	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
	1902–03		32	0	1	0	0	0	33	0
	1903–04		34	0	3	0	0	0	37	0
	1904–05	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	Second Division	20	0	0	0	—		20	0
Stockport County	1905–06	Second Division	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	1906–07		37	0	2	0	0	0	39	0
	1907–08		23	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
	Stockport County total		207	1	16	0	0	0	223	1
Sunderland	1912–13	First Division	32	0	9	0	1^[8]	0	42	0
	1913–14		33	0	5	0	1	0	39	0
	Total		65	0	14	0	2	0	81	0
Lincoln City	1914–15^[9]	Second Division	37	0	2	0	—		39	0
Macclesfield	1919–20^[10]	Cheshire County League	23	0	0	0	3^[11]	0	26	0
Career total			352	1	32	0	5	0	389	1

1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 48.
2. Web site: Joe Butler . The Lincoln City FC Archive . Lincoln City F.C . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221457/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=butl01 . 3 March 2016 . dead . 19 April 2013.
3. Web site: Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat . www.thestatcat.co.uk . 25 November 2017.
4. Web site: From the Archives: Sunderland fan calls house 'Aston Villa' . Brown . Paul . 23 April 2013 . Aston Villa F.C . 25 April 2013.
5. Web site: Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat . www.thestatcat.co.uk . 25 November 2017.
6. Web site: Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat . www.thestatcat.co.uk . 25 November 2017.
7. Web site: Joe Butler County Record . Watts . Ian . gogogocounty.org . en . 25 November 2017.
8. Appearance in Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup
9. News: Lincoln City Squad 1914/15 . Football and the First World War . 25 November 2017 . en-US.
10. Web site: Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1919–20 . www.silkmenarchives.org.uk . 25 November 2017.
11. 2 appearances in Altrincham Cup, 1 appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup