Johnny Butler

Butler, John William
Position: HB-QB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185
Born: September 14, 1919 Knoxville, TN
Died: April 23, 1963 Atlanta, GA
High School: Knoxville (TN)

Year	College	Participation
1938	Tennessee
1939	Tennessee	Lettered
1940	Tennessee	Lettered
1941	Tennessee	Lettered

Draft: 7th round (51st overall) 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	27	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	10	9
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL	23	LOH-LDH	3	3
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	19	TB-LDH	6	3
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL			9	6
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL	27	HB-DH	6	0
1946 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL)1946 BET AFL	27	HB	1	0
3 Years (NFL)3 Years NFL			25	15

Team	Date	Transaction
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	12/22/1941	Draft
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL		Signed
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL		Released
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL		Signed
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	8/1/1945	Free Agent
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL		Signed
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL		Free Agent
1946 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL)1946 BET AFL		Signed
1946 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL)1946 BET AFL		Free Agent

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	87	362	4.2	69	3
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL	20	48	2.4		0
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	40	46	1.2		0
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	60	94	1.6	14	0		0	0
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL	21	61	2.9	18	1		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	168	517	3.1	69	4		0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	13	6	46.2	6	84	6.5	14.0	26	0	0.0	1	7.7					0	35.4
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	23	8	34.8	14	107	4.7	13.4	30	0	0.0	1	4.3					0	32.3
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	23	8	34.8	14	107	4.7	13.4	30	0	0.0	1	4.3					0	32.3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	36	14	38.9	20	191	5.3	13.6	30	0	0.0	2	5.6					0	33.4

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL		3		63	21.0	37	0			0
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL		3		109	36.3	67t	2
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL		3		109	36.3	67t	2
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL		2		14	7.0	9	0		0	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		8		186	23.3	67t	2		0	0		0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL	2	16	8.0	9	0
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	3	16	5.3	9	0
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL	1	32	32.0	32	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	48	12.0	32	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	11	407	37.0	45	0
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	13	485	37.3	58	1
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	13	485	37.3	58	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	24	892	37.2	58	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	13		108	8.3	15	0	0	0
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL	3		22	7.3		0
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	6		77	12.8		0
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	9		99	11.0	20	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)	22		207	9.4	15	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1943 P-P NFL	6		92	15.3	22	0		0
1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1944 C-P NFL	3		72	24.0	29	0		0
1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)1944 BKN NFL	1		20	20.0	20	0	1	0
1944 Year (NFL)1944 Year NFL	4		92	23.0	29	0		0
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL	1		21	21.0	21	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	11		205	18.6	29	0	2	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1945 PHI NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0