Butler County Sports Hall of Fame

1984 Loyal Park

Loyal Park

1984 Loyal Park Outstanding basketball and football, and track at Mars HS. He went on to play baseball, basketball and football at Edinboro University earning conference honors. He also spent a couple seasons with the Cincinnati Reds before he began a long coaching career. His first coaching job was basketball with Penn Twp. , then […]

1984 Lewis Hays

Lewis Hays

1984 Lewis Hays 1950’s and 60’s commissioner and founder of PONY baseball in 1951, and he was also an Olympic Commissioner.

1984 Thomas E. Jones

Thomas E. Jones

1984 Thomas E. Jones He began his career as a pistol shot in 1930 and continued for decades. He was a State Policeman champion for seven years. He was a member of the 1938 National winning team. He also earned recognition at the New York World Fair in 1939, and in 1950 he fired two […]

1984 Frank Herbenick

1984 Frank Herbenick Butler HS graduate who played football and track. He went o to play baseball where he named an MVP at Thiel College. After college he became the first football coach at Moniteau HS for five years. One of his teams went undefeated and won the Class B Crown. He also played football […]

1984 James “Casey” Russell

James "Casey" Russell

1984 James “Casey” Russell At Peddie Institute (High School) in 1931 he set state records in the long jump and shot put. Then a four year football and track athlete at Temple University. He went on to play two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He coached youth baseball and other sports for the Butler Cubs […]

1984 Vincent Seezox

Vincent Seezox

1984 Vincent Seezox A Butler HS graduate who was part of the 1950 WPIAL football champions, and then went on to play for Clarion University lettering twice for the Golden Eagles. He later played football for the Butler Cubs, and a youth golf coach.