Barry Butler (footballer, born 1934) for the club including a consecutive run of 208 games which was only broken because of his appearance in an FA XI side. Tragically Butler would never take up his position as player-coach. On 9 April 1966, Butler was killed in a car crash at the age of 31, his car having collided with a bus late at night. His funeral was held at St Peter Mancroft church in Norwich. The year after his death, the Norwich City player of the year award was named "The Barry Butler Memorial Trophy" in his honour and has been voted for by the
Barry Butler (footballer, born 1962) released by Graham Barrow in May 1993. Butler dropped back into non-league football with Barrow, before joining Altrincham in March 1994. Barry Butler (footballer, born 1962) Barry Geoffrey Butler (born 4 June 1962) is an English former professional footballer who spent eight years with Chester City from 1985 to 1993. Primarily operating as a midfielder, Butler also had spells playing in defence and attack, and even took over in goal after regular goalkeeper Billy Stewart was sent off against Bradford City in October 1990. A former window cleaner, Butler was snapped up by Chester from Atherton Laburnum Rovers in December