William Butler (17 March 1900 – 11 July 1966) was an English professional footballer who was most famously a winger for Bolton Wanderers in the 1920s.
He played as a centre-forward for his regiment and on leaving the army he joined his hometown club Atherton at the age of 19.
[1] It was to be his only appearance for the England national team, but he was back at Wembley again for the 1926 FA Cup Final win over Manchester City, and picked up his third winners medal in 1929, scoring the opening goal in the 2–0 defeat of Portsmouth.
He became manager of Guildford City, but then World War II intervened and Butler joined the RAF as a PT instructor.
With the war over, Butler was appointed manager of Torquay United in August 1945, but left Plainmoor in May 1946 before league football had resumed.