Butler County Sports Hall of Fame

1997 Joe Morabit

butler county sports hall of fame

1997 Joe Morabit A Butler HS graduate wo played football and track for the Golden Tornado, earning WPIAL honors. He went on to play football at VMI and was part of 3 conference championships. He later became a basketball and football official.

1997 Dale Mahan

Dale Mahan

1997 Dale Mahan A Winfield HS graduate where he played basketball for three seasons. He went on to play baseball and soccer at Slippery Rock University. Ater he graduated from SRU he went on to earn his Masters Degree at the University of Pittsburgh. He also was a veteran of the Korean War. After college […]

1997 Paul Wingard

butler county sports hall of fame

1997 Paul Wingard An Evans City HS graduate. He lettered in basketball, football and track. He went on to have great basketball career at Robert Morris College. He also continued to play baseball and basketball for local sandlot teams, and also became a local official.

1996 Debra (Buzanoski) Wilson

butler county sports hall of fame

1996 Debra (Buzanoski) Wilson An Evans City HS graduate. He lettered in basketball, football and track. He went on to have great basketball career at Robert Morris College. He also continued to play baseball and basketball for local sandlot teams, and also became a local official.

1996 John Stillwagon

butler county sports hall of fame

1996 John Stillwagon Known as the Godfather of Tennis coaching local players for years. He also was a great promoter creating numerous tournaments.

1996 John Minton

John Minton

1996 John Minton A Butler HS graduate who lettered in basketball. After high school he joined the US Army with the Military Police. He became a professional wrestler taking the name “Big John Studd” He took several names as he wrestled starting with the name the “Mighty Minton”. After his 1972 debut, he then joined […]

1996 Michael Zaccari

butler county sports hall of fame

1996 Michael Zaccari A Butler HS graduate who played basketball, football, and track. He earned All-MAC honors in multiple sports. He went on to play football at Clarion University earning All-Conference honors.He later became a high school football coach.

1996 James McElhaney

James McElhaney

1996 James McElhaney es McElhaney: A 1982 Butler HS graduate where he lettered in football, track, and swimming. He went on play football and track at Grove City College and was a 1986 graduate. He coached swimming at the YMCA, and coached Midget Football for Center Township, and the Butler HS girls track team. Jim […]

1996 Douglas Clark

Douglas Clark

1996 Douglas Clark A 1963 Knoch HS graduate. He was an MVP in basketball and football and served as captain of both teams. During his three seasons on the basketball squad he set both the career scoring record and single season mark. In the 1961-62 and the 1962-63 seasons is team won the District 9 […]

1996 Dave “Guff” Wiegand

Dave "Guff" Wiegand

1995 Dave “Guff” Wiegand A 1956 Mars HS graduate who was All-Conference in basketball and football. He went on to play basketball and football at Salem College. He later became a high school coach.