Following is a list of all 19 induction classes of the Butte Sports Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame was founded by Don Peoples Sr. and the late Pat Kearney. The first class was inducted in 1987, and a class was inducted every odd year until the COVID-19 pandemic pushed back the induction in 2021. The Hall of Fame will move forward with a class every even year moving forward.

The Class of 2024 will be enshrined July 19-20 at the Butte Civic Center.

1987 individuals
Sylvia White Blaine, Bob O’Billovich, Joe Kelly, Swede Dahlberg, Milt Popovich, Jim McCaughey, Jim Sweeney, Bob Hawke, Bill Cullen, Bob O’Malley, Judy Morstein Martz, Danny Hanley, Walter T. Scott.
1987 teams
1908 Butte High football, 1927 Butte High football, 1950 Butte Central basketball.
1989 individuals
Bob Brady, Ed Simonich, Jewel Gronley Lee, Dennis Ferriter, Matt Vucurovich, Robert Poore, Sonny Holland, Kenneth Duff, Eli Thomas, Tom Penaluna, Ed Gerry, Ed Zemljak.
1989 teams
1933 Butte High track, 1941 Butte High basketball, 1936 Butte American Legion baseball, 1945 Butte Central football.
1991 individuals
Bill Barry, Eso Naranche, Sam Jankovich, Helen Rotar Burt, George Sarsfield, Bob Koprivica, Ed Foley, Bill Hawke, Mare Bartholomew, Bob Petrino, Arthur Kiely, Tom DeSylvia, Glenn Welch, Tom Lester.
1991 teams
1917 Butte High football, 1956 Butte Central football, 1946 Butte American Legion Baseball, 1960 Butte High football.


1993 individuals
Frank Brown, Tom Mulcahy, Wilbur Johnson, Wes Dowling, Otto Simon, Bill Krum, John Good, Steve Sullivan, Charlie Judd, Georgia Byrne, Bill Roberts, Sas Keane, Connie Carelli Fisher, Bob Sparks, Sonny Lubick.
1993 teams
1949 Butte American Legion baseball; 1919, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1942, 1948 Butte Central football; 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1951 Butte High football; 1924, 1925, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1943 Butte High basketball, 1905, 1909, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1943 Butte High track.
1995 individuals
Gene Allen, Dan Sullivan, Bill Peoples, John Frankino, Jim Wedin, Bob Renz, Bill Kambich, Charlie McAuliffe, JoAnn Carle, Ron Ueland, Bob Rae, Gus Janhunen, Forrest Wilson, Rose Stosich.
1995 teams
1951 Butte High football, 1952 Butte Central football, 1955 Butte Central football, 1957 Butte High basketball, 1953 Butte American Legion baseball, 1958 Butte High basketball, 1953 Butte Central football.
1997 individuals
Joe Antonietti, Frank Spear, Bob Moodry, Lue Jean Gronley, Don Ueland, Evan Roberts, Tom LeProwse, Hudson Willse, Jon McElroy, Liza Merrifield Dennehy, Helen Sprunger, Pat Ogrin, Ron “Swede” Kenison, Glen Welch, Frank Semansky.
1997 teams
1952 New Deal Bar softball, 1961 Butte High football, 1964 Butte High football, 1964 Butte Central football, 1963 Butte High track, 1965 Butte Central football, 1964 Butte High cross country.
1999 individuals
Jack Cavanaugh, Shirley Penaluna Shea, Jerry Olds, Jack Kyllingstad, Barbara Horst Williams, Mark Schulte, Sam Leeper, George Grant, Jim Street, Bill Salonen, Evel Knievel, Norman Ygnatowiz.
1999 teams
1966 Butte High track, 1968 Butte Central cross country, 1967 Butte High football, 1969 Butte Central football, 1968 Butte High football, 1970 Montana Tech football.


2001 individuals
Ray Becky, Bill Sever, Jim Kello, Gary Carle, Buddy Walsh, Veronica O’Brien, Doc Jordan, Cathy Gallagher-Brannon, Harry Shaffer, Ed Kelly, Gene Fogarty.
2001 teams
1908 Montana Tech football, 1969 Butte High girls’ swimming, 1964 DeLuxe men’s softball, 1970 Butte High girls’ swimming, 1965 Lucky Lager women’s softball, 1971 Butte Central football, 1966 DeLuxe men’s softball, 1972 Butte High girls’ swimming, 1968 Lucky Lager women’s softball, 1972 Butte Central football, 1969 Lucky Lager women’s softball, 1973 Butte Central football.
2003 individuals
Joe Antonietti, Jim Bertoglio, Mick Dennehy, Jim Hanley, Shawna Hanley, Mike Houlihan, Len Kelly, Don McAuliffe, Charlie Merrifield, Brian Morris, Sheila Penaluna, Joe Roberts, Dave Silk.
2003 teams
1944 Mines Navy V-12, 1945 McQueen, 1946 Silver Bow Parks, 1947 North Side, 1948 Silver Bow Parks, 1948 South Side, 1950 South Side, 1951 Miners Union, 1952 McQueen, 1953 Miners Union, 1954 Miners Union, 1957 McQueen and 1960 Copper League baseball teams; 1905 Butte High football; 1971 Butte Central boys’ cross country; 1972 Butte Central boys’ cross country, 1973 Butte Central boys’ cross country, 1974 Butte High boys’ track, 1975 Butte High boys’ track.
2005 individuals
Ron Collins, Bob Schulte, Tom Kelly, Paul Dennehy, Jack Whelan, Jim Patrick, Pat Foley, Tom Davis, Steve Stosich, Meg (Haran) Murphy, John Mike Downey, Anna Wherry.
2005 teams
1942 Butte High boys’ ski, 1943 Butte High boys’ ski, 1949-52 Butte Buzzies football, 1953 Butte High girls’ ski, 1977 Butte High football, 1978 Butte Central boys’ golf, 1978 Butte Central boys’ basketball.
2007 individuals
Gary Barker, Heidi Hemmert-Skelton, Mike Judd, Jim Sullivan, Don Peoples, Tom Pomroy, Don Rae, Brendon Rohan, Pete Schonsberg.
2007 teams
1947 Montana School of Mines basketball, 1980 Butte Central boys’ cross country, 1960 Butte High boys’ and girls’ ski teams, 1981 Butte High wrestling, 1961 Butte High boys’ and girls’ ski teams, 1981 Butte Central girls’ track, 1962 Butte High girls’ ski, 1981 Butte High boys’ track, 1980 Butte High wrestling.
2009 individuals
Jim Anderson, Bob Biastoch, Vicki Brown, Gitch Combo, John Dawson, Dan Hanley, Pat Kearney, Emmett Lyons, Bob Roach, Rick Sparks.
2009 teams
1942 Butte boxing, 1963 Butte boxing, 1965 Butte boxing, 1981 Butte High football, 1981 Butte Central girls’ basketball, 1982 Butte High wrestling, 1982 Butte High boys’ track, 1982 Butte Central boys’ track, 1982 Butte Central girls’ track.


2011 individuals
Louie Bartoletti, Bill Cords, Kelly Davis, Bob Green, Don Heater, Tom Kenney, Dan Mahoney, Holly Maloney, George Paul, Larry Richards, John Thatcher.
2011 teams
1966 Butte High boys’ ski, 1968 Butte High boys’ ski, 1971 Montana Tech football, 1982 Butte Central girls’ basketball, 1983 Butte High wrestling, 1983 Butte Central wrestling, 1983 Butte Central girls’ track.
2013 individuals
Todd Ericson, Jim Janhunen, Tami Mathewson, Dave MacDougal, Jim Michelotti, Tim Mueller, Josh Paffhausen, Wayne Paffhausen, Dick Roche, Dan Ueland, Dick Wilson.
2013 teams
Butte Independent Football League champions, 1984 Butte High wrestling, 1984 Butte Central boys’ basketball, 1984 Butte High boys’ basketball, 1984 Butte High girls’ golf, 1984 Butte High girls’ track, 1985 Butte High wrestling, 1985 Butte High girls’ golf.
2015 individuals
Bert Markovich, Deann Johnson, Jack O’Billovich, Joe Simonich, John Metz, Kellie Johnson, Mick Delaney, Monte Sever, Bernie Boyle.
2015 teams
1986 Butte High wrestling, 1987 Butte High wrestling, 1988 Butte High wrestling, 1986 Butte High girls’ track, 1987 Butte High girls’ track, 1989 Butte Central boys’ golf, 1996 Butte Central girls’ softball, 1997 Butte Central girls’ softball.
2017 individuals
Randy Street, Jamie (Wolstein) Toivonen, Eric Dunmire, Rick Lyons, Marck DeVore, Joe Petroni, Mark Johnston, Anna Fabatz, Dan Hodge, Fraser MacDonald.
2017 teams
1992 Butte High softball, 1988-89 Bute High wrestling, 1991 Butte High football, 1991-2 Butte Central boys’ basketball.
2019 individuals
Tom Hauck, Tom Pomroy Sr., Krystal Ackerman-Carlson, Walter Lonner, Kathy (Bender) Means, Paul Riley, Bob Rowling, Jason Street, Barry Sullivan.
2019 teams
1979 Montana Tech football, 1981 Montana Tech volleyball, 1989-90 Butte High wrestling, 1994 Butte High volleyball.
2022 individuals
Tony Banovich, Corey Bolton, Ron Collins Sr., Don Douglas, Deanna Dugdale, the late Hoot Gibson, Bob Given, Ray Jay Johnson, Gary Kane, Julie (Leary) Nadeau, the late Don “Lefty” Orlich, Tom Roberts, Debbie Silk and the late Ed Yeo.
2022 teams
1982 Montana Tech volleyball, 1983 Montana Tech football, 1990-91 Butte High wrestling, 1995 Butte High softball, 1996 Butte Central-Anaconda swimming.
2024 individuals (set to be inducted July 19-20)
Steve “Coachie” Schulte, Ron Richards, Matt Buckley, Martha (Apostel) Lonner, Wanda Jean (Matteson) Olson, Linda (Lyons) Paull, Dan Lean, Erin Popovich, Kyle Smith, Don Tamietti, Bruce Sayler, Betty Merrifield and John Rickman.
2024 teams (set to be inducted July 19-20)
1983, 1984 and 1985 Montana Tech men’s basketball, 1988-89 Butte High boys’ basketball, 1991-92 Butte High wrestling, 1996 Butte High softball, 1999 Butte Central softball.