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Malcolm Butler

A colourful character both on and off the field, Malcolm Butler won a single cap immediately before the war, and served in the RAF before resuming his career... Name: Malcolm Partridge Butler Born: 6 August 1913, Belfast Died:  23 December   1987, West Yorkshire, England Height: 5.09 ft Weight: 11.10 st Position: Full-Back Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Cap (1939) , War-Time Caps, 1 Schoolboy Cap (1927) . Club Career: Clubs Seasons Signed Fee League FA Cup War-Time Elmgrove - - - - - - Belfast Celtic - - - - - - Bangor - - - - - - Blackpool 35/36-45/46 Jan-35 - 25/0 1/ 0 16/0 Brighton & Hove Albion 39/40 - Guest - - 1/0 Chelsea 39/40 - Guest - - 1/0 Linfield - - Guest - -

Joe Bambrick

Legendarily prolific in front of goal, Joe Bambrick, whose goalscoring feats coined the phrase “Head, Heel or Toe, Slip it to Joe”, found the net twelve times in eleven international appearances... Name: Joseph Gardiner Absolom Bambrick Born: 3 November 1905, Belfast Died: 13 October 1983 , Belfast Height: 5.11 ft Weight: 11.02 st Position: Centre-Forward Representative Honours: Ireland: 11 Full Caps/12 Goals (1928-1938), 1 Amateur Cap (1926 ), Junior; Irish League: 12 Caps/9 Goals (1927-1932); Ireland/Wales (1935). Club Honours: ( with Glentoran ) Charity Cup Runner-Up 1926/27 ; ( with Linfield ) Irish League Champion 1929/30, 1931/32, 1933/34, 1934/35 , Runner-Up 1927/28, 1928/29, 1930/31 ; Irish Cup Winner 1929/30, 1933/34 , Runner-Up 1931/32 ; City Cup Winner 1928/29 , Runner-Up 1927/28, 1930/31, 1932/33 ; Gold Cup Winner 1927/28, 1928/29 , Runner-Up 1932/33, 1934/35 ; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1933/34 , Runner-Up 1942/43 ; C

Player Index - O-Q

Player Career Caps Start (sub) / Gls Clubs O                  O'Boyle G. 1994-98 13 1 (12) / 1 Dunfermline, St Johnstone  O'Brien M.T. 1921-27 1 1 (0) / 0 QPR, Leicester, Derby, Hull  O'Connell P. 1912-14 5 5 (0) / 0 Sheffield Wed, Hull C.  O'Connor M. 2008-13 11 - / 0 Crewe Alexandra, Scunthorpe U.  O'Doherty A. 1970 2 1 (1) / 0 Coleraine  O'Driscoll J.F. 1948-49