1979 Sam Walker
1979 Sam Walker An 1893 Butler HS graduate. Organized sports were not available at Butler during his time. He went on to play football at Penn State from 1894 – 1896 He then moved on to coach football at VMI. One of his players at VMI was General George C.Marshall. Marshall gave credit to Sam […]
1979 Jack Virgilli
1979 Jack Virgilli A 1930’s era Golden Gloves and Diamond Belt boxing champion. He competed in 1935 at Natrona, then moved to middle-weight fighting in the Diamond Belt championships in Detroit, and Cleveland in 1937.
1979 John Ifft
1979 John Ifft A graduate of Zelienople HS where he played basketball, football, and track. He went on to play basketball at Geneva College. He was the Butler HS basketball coach for sixteen years.
1979 Bill Beneigh
1979 Bill Beneigh He was an All-Conference football player for the Butler Cubs in the 1940’s. He also played for US Navy teams.
1979 Larry Monsilovich
1979 Larry Monsilovich An outstanding football player for Butler HS and Indiana University of PA. He was named Associated Press NAIA First Team in football.
1979 Milt Graff
1979 Milt Graff A native of Saxonburg who was an outstanding baseball player. He played for the Kansas City A’s and the Pittsburgh Pirates, before taking a position with the Pirates in their business offices and then with Houston. He worked his way up through the minor leagues before making the big leagues with Hutchison, […]
1979 Art Bernardi
1979 Art Bernardi A native of Clairton who went on to play football at Thiel College before coaching a very successful Butler High School Football with a 136-85-21 record , and also program was the Athletic Director. Art was a long time member of the Butler County Sports HOF as a Director.