1975 Terry Hanratty
1975 Terry Hanratty Butler HS graduate lettering in in basketball, football, and track. He went to play football at Notre Dame University. After college he was drafted into the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers where he played on a Super Bowl team. At Butler he set a defensive record at Butler with 9 interceptions as […]
1975 Joe Mixer
1975 Joe Mixer He attended Farrell HS and played football there. He then attended Slippery Rock ,PItt, and Westminster colleges where he turned to swimming. He served as the Butler HS as a swimming coach for three decades starting in 1929 through the 1958-59 season. He also taught at Butler from from 1926 through 1966. […]
1975 Carmen Scialabba
1975 Carmen Scialabba He started out boxing while in high school with the Butler Cubs. He then attended Penn State under a ring scholarship, and when PSU dropped the program , he joined the US Marines in 1955. He was a member of the All-Marine boxing team for three years ( 1956-57-58). During that era […]
1975 Bob Paffrath
1975 Bob Paffrath 1940’s era Butler HS graduate. He played basketball and football earning three letters in each sport, and earned All-Section honors. He captained both teams in 1941-1942, and and won the Storey Memorial Award, ,the same season also won an All-Section spot in basketball two year straight from 1941- 1942. He went to […]
1975 Carl Dufford
1975 Carl Dufford 1920’s era Butler HS graduate where played basketball, football, and track earning All-Section honors. He captained the Butler baseball and basketball teams in 1923 -1924. He led Section 3 in scoring in 1922-23, and made All-Section in the 1921-22 season and the All-WPIAL Team in 1924. He went on to earn All-Conference […]
1975 Herold “Hesh” Mintz
1974 Herold “Hesh” Mintz </h2 > Butler HS graduate in the 1940’s. He played basketball and football in high school, then went on to play basketball at Youngstown University. In high school he was Captain and lettered in football for three seasons. He was only 16 years old as a senior on the 1940 ( […]
1974 Bill “Bronk” Gardner
1974 Bill “Bronk” Gardner A promoter of Butler County baseball in the 1940’s & 50’s eras.
1974 Dick Dilts
1974 Dick Dilts </h2 > A Butler HS graduate who achieved All-State honors in basketball, football, and track. He went on to play football at Slippery Rock University. After college he became an outstanding football coach.
1974 Charles “Chuck” Taggert
1974 Charles “Chuck” Taggert A Professional boxer in the 1920’s and early 30’s. He also had 45 wins as an amateur. He also coached local amateurs.
1974 Joe Krankota
1974 Joe Krankota 1920’s and 30’s All-Star baseball player who played in the City and County Leagues.