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Player #357

From:

To:

Career Status:

1934-35

1934-35

Retired

Appearances:

2

Starts:

2

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

Fred Butcher

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Left Back

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Fred Butcher

Seasons Quick-View

1934 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #357 |

Season :

1934-35

Age :

24

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

2

Starts :

2

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

-

Involvements :

0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Frederick William Butcher

Birth Date

14 August 1913

Birth Place

Hemmingfield, Barnsley, Yorkshire

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

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England

Villa Youth

Aston Villa Youth
Aston Villa Reserves

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Hoyland
Wombwell FC

Original Transfer

Aged

17

From

Wombwell FC

For

Free

On

April 1931

Under

Billy Smith

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

23

Blackpool

Free

August 1936

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1936-38 Blackpool
1938-39 Swindon Town
Retired

Died

1 May 1996, Aged 82

Fred Butcher

Villa Career

1934 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #357 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

22 September 1934

Under

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

22 September 1934

Manager

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1934-35

22 September 1934

Tottenham Hotspur (a), Division One

21

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1934-35

29 September 1934

Preston North End (h), Division One

23

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

29 September 1934

Manager

Jimmy McMullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not Selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not Selected

Caps with Villa

Fred Butcher

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Player #358 for Aston Villa, Frederick William Butcher, known as Fred Butcher, played as a left back for the club.

Fred played for Villa in 1934-35 making 2 appearances.

Fred was born in Hemmingfield, Barnsley on 14 August 1913 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 22 September 1934 aged 21.

Villa had signed Fred from from Wombwell FC in April 1931 and he was to make his final appearance for Villa just 7 days later on 29 September 1934, before moving to Blackpool in August 1936.

Fred had played under Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan.

Fred passed away in Bournemouth in May 1996 aged 82.

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