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
1966–67 in English football 1966–67 in English football The 1966–67 season was the 87th season of competitive football in England. Queens Park Rangers won the Football League Cup on the first occasion it was played at Wembley, coming from 2-0 down at half-time to beat West Bromwich Albion 3-2. Peter Osgood broke his leg playing for Chelsea at Blackpool in a Football League Cup Tie on 5 October. It kept him out of football for the rest of the season. Northampton Town became the first team to be relegated in successive seasons from the top tier (in which they have spent only one season)