For the American actor see Dean Butler (actor)

Medal record
Dean Butler
Men’s Field Hockey
Competitor for  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Team
Champions Trophy
Gold	2005 Chennai	Team
Silver	2003 Amstelveen	Team
Silver	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2006 Melbourne	Team

Dean Butler OAM (born 26 January 1977 in Warwick, Queensland) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

He is nicknamed Butts, and played club hockey for the Queensland Blades in his native country, with whom he won the national title in 2003. Butler was promoted to the senior squad following the 1998 Hockey World Cup and the electrician has continued to develop into a valuable member of the Kookaburras set-up. In 2001 he was named Player of the Year in Queensland.

[edit] External links

• Profile on Hockey Australia

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