Paul Butcher (American football)

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Paul Martin Butcher (born November 8, 1963) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven years, until he retired from the Oakland Raiders. He also played for the Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, and he was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft.[1] He played college football at Wayne State University. Butcher was the Special Teams coach of the XFL's New York/New Jersey Hitmen.[2] His son is the actor Paul Butcher.

Paul Butcher
No. 96, 59, 53
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1963-11-08) November 8, 1963 (age 60)
Detroit, Michigan
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:St. Alphonsus
College:Central State (OH)
Undrafted:1986
Career history

References edit

  1. ^ "NFL Expansion Draft". Tampa Bay Times. February 16, 1995. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ryans not exactly XFL's poster boy". goupstate.com. February 2, 2001. Retrieved October 15, 2014.