Butler County Sports Hall of Fame

1985 Mike Glowatsky

Mike Glowatsky

1985 Mike Glowatsky Butler HS graduate who lettered in basketball and football in the 1940’s era. He went on to play Semi-Pro basketball and on National YMCA teams.

1985 Edward Hepe

Edward Hepe

1985 Edward Hepe Longtime football, and track coach at Butler HS. He also served as their Athletic Director. Prior to Butler he earned 8 letters at Belair HS in Ohio, and during his senior year he was unbeaten in the 100 & 200 yard dashes. He entered the military and then Slippery Rock University playing […]

1985 Mike Surkalo

Mike Surkalo

1985 Mike Surkalo Mike was the Sports Editor of the Butler Eagle from the 1940’s through the 1980’s. He was a great promoter of sports in Butler County.

1985 John McNanny

John McNanny

1985 John McNanny A Butler HS graduate of the early 1940’s where he was an outstanding football player. He also played for the semi-pro Butler Cubs football team.He earned Tri-State honors with Cubs in 1942. And returned to play for the Cubs after WW II. He was named the Cubs MVP in 1947 and co-captained […]

1985 Chester Marburger

Chester Marburger

1985 Chester Marburger He was an Evans City HS graduate where he played football, track. He was one of the original founders of American Legion baseball in Butler County back in the early 1950’s.

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 […]