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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“I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts assertively and nonviolently. If in their early years our children learn to listen to all sides of the story, use their heads and then their mouths, and come up with a plan and share, then, when they become our leaders, and some of them will, they will have the tools to handle global problems and conflict.”
—Barbara Coloroso (20th century)