High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Tony Butcher (22 January 1981 – 9 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1999 until his death in 2011. At the time of his death he was playing for Football League Two side Macclesfield Town. He notably spent three separate spells with Lincoln City, where he appeared in two play-off final defeats at the Millennium Stadium. He also played for Northampton Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Kettering Town, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United and Notts County.