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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{about|the English footballer|the Australian footballer|Charlie Butler (Australian footballer)|the baseball player|Charlie Butler (baseball)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Charlie Butler
| image = Charlie Butler, Brentford FC footballer, 1927.jpg
| caption = Butler while with [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] in 1927.
| fullname = Charles Joseph Wells Butler<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=47}}</ref>
| birth_date = 10 October 1897
| birth_place = [[Watford]], England
| death_date = {{d-da|September 1963|10 October 1897}}<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|id=charlie-butler}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], England
| height =
| position = [[Full back (association football)|Full back]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = [[Ton Pentre F.C.|Ton Pentre]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1922–1923
| clubs2 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1923
| clubs3 = [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1924
| clubs4 = → [[Grays Thurrock F.C.|Grays Thurrock]] (loan)
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 1924–1926
| clubs5 = [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
| caps5 = 63
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1926–1928
| clubs6 = [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]
| caps6 = 67
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1928
| clubs7 = Montreal Carsteel
| nationalyears1 = 1912
| nationalteam1 = [[England schoolboys football team|England Schoolboys]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Charles Joseph Wells Butler''' (10 October 1897 – September 1963), sometimes known as '''Joe Butler''',<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=32}}</ref> was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Full back (association football)|full back]]. After a brief spell with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in which he failed to break into the first-team, he played for [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] and [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] between 1923 and 1928.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Triggs |first=Roger |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=England Matches - Schoolboys 1907-40 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmSBpg1.html |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |FA Cup
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
|[[1923–24 Football League Third Division|1923–24]]<ref name="gillinghamfcresults">{{Cite web |title=Charlie Butler |url=http://www.gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Butler%2CCharlie |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Gillingham FC Scrapbook}}</ref>
|[[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]]
|13
|0
|0
|0
|13
|0
|-
|[[1924–25 Football League Third Division|1924–25]]<ref name="gillinghamfcresults" />
|Third Division South
|21
|0
|4
|0
|25
|0
|-
|[[1925–26 Football League Third Division|1925–26]]<ref name="gillinghamfcresults" />
|Third Division South
|36
|0
|2
|0
|38
|0
|-
|[[1926–27 Football League Third Division|1926–27]]<ref name="gillinghamfcresults" />
|Third Division South
|6
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|6
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!76
!0
!6
!0
!82
!0
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]
|[[1926–27 Brentford F.C. season|1926–27]]<ref name="White">{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=369}}</ref>
|Third Division South
|27
|0
|8
|0
|35
|0
|-
|[[1927–28 Brentford F.C. season|1927–28]]<ref name="White" />
|Third Division South
|40
|0
|0
|0
|40
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!67
!0
!8
!0
!75
!0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career Total
!143
!0
!14
!0
!157
!0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Charlie}}
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Gillingham F.C. players]]
[[Category:Manchester United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Brentford F.C. players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Watford]]
[[Category:North American Soccer Football League players]]
[[Category:Montreal Carsteel players]]
[[Category:Grays Thurrock United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Ton Pentre F.C. players]]
[[Category:England men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:English expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Canada]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian National Soccer League players]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football fullbacks]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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