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Keith Butler 1938-2019
CYCLING WEEKLY
|March 21, 2019
The much-loved Londoner was a multiple national champion and GB squad member before going on to set up the Surrey Cycle Racing league.
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National champion, race organiser, British Cycling board member, clubman extraordinaire, team manager, father, grandfather and husband. Keith Butler had many hats to wear, and all of them cycling hats. This list of his achievements both on and off the bike is unrivalled in British cycling history.
Butler was born in London on September 2, 1938 and was always going to be a cyclist. His father Stan was a successful time triallist and competed in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Keith broke on to the national scene in 1961, competing in the country’s biggest races and being selected for the southern regional team for the 1961 Milk Race, where he finished a very creditable ninth.
In 1962 he rode for Great Britain in three major international races: the Peace Race, the amateur World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
This story is from the March 21, 2019 edition of CYCLING WEEKLY.
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