Early Years
Butler grew up near Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Mt. Carmel College High School in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He didn't play football until enrolling at St. Bonaventure University where he was coached by Joe Bach, who would also coach the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1935–1936 and 1952-1953.
Butler played both offensive end and defensive end in college. His good friend and neighbor, Frank Thomas of Pittsburgh Pirates and baseball fame, also attended Mt. Carmel and St. Bonaventure University with Butler. Both gave up the seminary to play professional sports.
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Famous quotes related to early years:
“If there is a price to pay for the privilege of spending the early years of child rearing in the driver’s seat, it is our reluctance, our inability, to tolerate being demoted to the backseat. Spurred by our success in programming our children during the preschool years, we may find it difficult to forgo in later states the level of control that once afforded us so much satisfaction.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)