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'''Bryon Butler''' (1934-2001) was an [[England|English]] writer and broadcaster, best known as the [[BBC]]'s [[football (soccer)|football]] correspondent from 1968 to 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bryon-butler-729063.html|title=Bryon Butler|date=2001-04-28|work=Obituary|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=2009-03-28}}</ref>▼
▲'''Bryon Butler''' (1934-2001) was an [[England|English]] writer and broadcaster, best known as the [[BBC]]'s [[football (soccer)|football]] correspondent from 1968 to 1991.
He was born in [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]] and educated at [[Taunton School]]. After working for a number of regional [[newspaper]]s, he joined the [[News Chronicle]] shortly before its closure in 1960, soon moving to [[The Daily Telegraph]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1317369/Bryon-Butler.html|title=Bryon Butler|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=2009-03-28}}</ref> Around this time, he also started reporting football matches for the BBC, and in 1968 became a radio commentator and the Corporation's football correspondent. He was well-known for his crisp, eloquent, precise style, with a distinctive [[West Country]] undertone to his voice. Although he often did not actually commentate on the very big occasions, frequently taking a side role as summariser (in earlier years) or presenter or reporter (in later years), he commentated on a number of [[Football World Cup|World Cup]] finals, as well as the famous quarter-final between [[England national football team|England]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in 1986. He frequently worked alongside [[Maurice Edelston]], [[Peter Jones (broadcaster)|Peter Jones]], [[Alan Parry]] and, latterly, [[Alan Green (broadcaster)|Alan Green]] and [[Mike Ingham]].
Alongside his football writing, Butler also wrote for the ''Daily Telegraph'' on [[cricket]]. He wrote or co-wrote a number of football books, and in 1991 he retired as the BBC's football correspondent to concentrate on his writing career. He also gave up commentary around this time, but continued to report matches for [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] until 1997. He also presented ''Sport on 4'' on [[BBC Radio 4]]. On his death in 2001, he was widely mourned as a representative of a bygone era of sports broadcasting, arguably less brash and more eloquent than the present.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/1297975.stm|title=BBC correspondent Butler dies|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-03-28}}</ref>
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