Bill Butler (American football)

      Bill Butler
      Date of birth: (1937-07-10) July 10, 1937 (age 75)
      Place of birth: Berlin, Wisconsin
      Career information
      Position(s): Safety
      College: Chattanooga
      NFL Draft: 1959 / Round: 19 / Pick: 217
      Organizations
       As player:
      1959
      1960
      1961
      1962–1964
      Green Bay Packers
      Dallas Cowboys
      Pittsburgh Steelers
      Minnesota Vikings
      Playing stats at NFL.com

      William R. Butler (born July 10, 1937 in Berlin, Wisconsin) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers (1959), the Dallas Cowboys (1960), the Pittsburgh Steelers (1961) and the Minnesota Vikings (1962–1964). He played college football at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and was drafted in the 19th round of the 1959 NFL Draft. Butler was also selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft, but did not make the active roster.

      Butler currently lives in Berlin where he is the defensive coordinator for the Ripon High School football team as well an assistant track and field coach.[1]

      Last modified on 20 November 2011, at 10:05