Herbert Butler

A multiple sport star in football, basketball, baseball, and tennis, Herbert Butler led Brookwood’s Warriors on several athletic fronts in the late 1970s.

As a football player, he started on both sides of the ball as a defensive back and running back. In his senior year of 1979, he was named All-Region, All-State, and Team MVP. Butler set school records with a 98-yard touchdown run, a 95-yard punt return, and four kickoffs of 90 yards or more. He set the school season rushing record with 1,429 yeards that stool until 1985.

In basketball, he was named All-Region three times and All-State twice as the team’s leading scorer and team MVP in his junior and senior years. He was also named All-Region for the Warrior baseball team those seasons.

After graduating from Brookwood, Butler would sign a full scholarship with Bobby Bowden’s FSU Seminoles, and would eventually play basketball at Berry College. Butler currently resides in New York where he served for 12 years on the board of directors for the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, church of the Archbishop of America, including one year as vice-president.