1982 Ralph Dale Youkers
1982 Ralph Dale Youkers A mid 1930’s Butler HS and Westminster football player. He captained the Butler 1935 football season and earned the Capital Theatre MVP Award, and was Honorable Mention in the WPIAL. He then spent four years at Westminster College and again completed his career as team captain. He returned to Butler as […]
1982 William Riddle “Doc” Marshall
1982 William Riddle “Doc” Marshall An early 1900’s professional baseball player. who competed with such immortals as Three Finger Brown, and John McGraw. He began his career in 1904 with the Phillies, and was sold mid-season to the Boston Braves. The NY Giants purchased him in mid 1906 and then sold him to the St. […]
1981 Ronnie Kline
1981 Ronnie Kline Known as the Callery Hummer spending 16 years on several Major League baseball teams ( Pirates, Tigers, Senators, and Cardinals). Prior to playing professional baseball he played local semi-pro baseball in the Eagle County League for Callery.
1981 John “Dutch” Leonard
1981 John “Dutch” Leonard A 1950’s era outstanding basketball player with the YMCA teams and at Grove City College, earning MVP honors.
1981 Dorothy Anderson Rhodes
1981 Dorothy Anderson Rhodes She was a 1920’s – 1930’s tennis star. She played on the men’s team at Penn State.
1981 Niven Bayer
1981 Niven Bayer He was a 1930’s era Butler HS graduate who was an outstanding athlete in basketball, football, and track. He helped organize the Butler Cubs and it’s many athletic programs. He captained the Cubs teams from 1936 – 1939. His prep school career was at Georgetown Prep.
1981 Harry Leyland
1981 Harry Leyland For over 60 years he was a local basketball coach in the Butler Catholic Schools. He also coached and served as a coach and director in the Butler Area Midget Football League.
1981 Chuck Fuellgraf
1981 Chuck Fuellgraf Butler HS and Carnegie Mellon University football All-Star. He also was an MVP football player in the US Marine Corp.
1981 William “Bill” Sutliff
1981 William “Bill” Sutliff Caldwell NJ graduate, and a Dean Academy in Franklin MA. and then a Penn State graduate before coming to Karns City from the 1940’s through the 1960’s as the legendary basketball and football coach at Karns City HS. His 1941 team was 24-1.
1980 Reggie Laconi
1980 Reggie Laconi Butler HS football and track star. He went on to Indiana University, in Indiana earning Big Ten honors. He also had tryouts for the 1960 Olympics.