Chadron State College Athletics

A native of Rushville and a Marine during World War II, Butterfield played football for the Eagles from 1945 through ’48, earning all-conference honors as fullback and lineman the final two seasons. The Eagles were 7-1 and 7-1-1 those two seasons. He graduated in 1949, and spent the next 11 years as a teacher and coach at Torrington, Wyo. He was the Trailblazers’ head football and track coach seven of those years. His football teams reached the state championship game four times.
In 1960, Butterfield and his wife moved to Dickinson, N.D., where they owned and operated a truck stop for 13 years. He then served as the county building and zoning inspector before being elected county superintendent of schools in 1980.