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William Butler (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1916 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1996 (aged 79–80) Coventry, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Standard B.C. | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Harry Butler (17 September 1916 – 1996) was a boxer who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Butler represented the England team and won a gold medal[1] in the 54 kg division at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia.[2][3] He boxed out of the Standard B.C.[4]
Butler was an electrician by trade and lived in Stratford Street, Upper Stoke, Coventry in the late 1930s.[5]
Butler died in Coventry in 1996.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1938 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "81 Entries for Titles". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 12 February 1937. Retrieved 28 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1939 England and Wales Register". Ancestry. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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