Albert Lionel Butler (9 February 1889 – 15 May 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Bert Butler | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert Lionel Butler | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 15 May 1953 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Brunswick | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1910 | Brunswick (VFA) | 1 (0) | |
| 1911 | St Kilda | 3 (0) | |
| 1912–13 | Brighton (VFA) | 25 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of Burris Butler (1860-1933),[2] and Margaret Butler, née McDonald, Albert Lionel Butler was born in Carlton, Victoria on 9 February 1889.
Football
editBrunswick (VFA)
editHe played at full-back for Brunswick in the 1910 VFA Grand Final.[5]
St Kilda (VFL)
editOn 14 June 1911, he was cleared from Brunswick to St Kilda.[6]
He played his first senior VFL match for St Kilda, against South Melbourne on 8 July 1911 at the Lake Oval. He also played in the next two matches: against Fitzroy, on 15 July 1911, and against Melbourne on 22 July 1911.
Players' strike
editHowever, because he was one of the 18 Senior St Kilda players who refused to play (on the Tuesday prior to the 29 July 1911 match against Carlton) in protest at the club committee's decision to bar a former team captain, Joe Hogan, and the father of star player Wels Eicke from the club's dressing room,[7][8][9][10] he never played VFL football again.
Brighton (VFA)
editOn 1 May 1912 he was cleared from St Kilda to Brighton.[11]
Death
editHe died at Prince Henry's Hospital, St Kilda Road, on 15 May 1953.[12]
Notes
edit- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.118.
- ^ Deaths: Butler, The Age, (Saturday, 6 May 1933), p.5.
- ^ Marriage: Butler—Pim, The Gippsland Times, (Maonday, 4 August 1913), p.2.
- ^ Deaths: Butler, The Age, (Tuesday, 6 July 1982), p.36.
- ^ Football: Association Final: Brunswick v. North Melbourne, The Argus, (Saturday, 8 October 1910), p.21.
- ^ Football: League Clearances, The Age, (Thursday, 15 June 1911), p.10.
- ^ Footballer's Strike: St. Kilda Secession: 18 Players Withdraw, The Argus, (Wednesday, 26 July 1911), p.12.
- ^ Football Crisis at St. Kilda: A Team Disbanded: Mayor Proposed as Arbitrator, The Age, (Thursday, 27 July 1911), p8.
- ^ Footballers' Strike: St Kilda Secession: Settlement Fails, The Argus, (Friday 28 July 1911), p.8.
- ^ St, Kilda Football Fiasco: Players' Vacancies Over Applied For: Seceders Desire to Rejoin, The Age, (Friday 28 July 1911), p.8.
- ^ Football: League, The Argus, (Thursday, 2 May 1912), p.11.
- ^ Deaths: Butler, The Herald, (Saturday, 16 May 1953), p.10.
References
editHolmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
edit- Bert Butler at AustralianFootball.com
- Bert Butler's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bert Butler's playing statistics from The VFA Project.
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