This is the fourth in a series of articles profiling the 2007 honorees of the Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame. The annual banquet is April 28 at the Butler Days Inn.Bill Dunn left this world 33 years ago. His legacy is sticking around.The 1950 Butler graduate, a standout football and track and field athlete, is among the seven inductees joining the Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame at the organization's 42nd annual banquet April 28."I didn't know much about this until a fellow from Butler (Gene Manuel) called and asked for information about Bill," said Columbus, Ohio, resident Betty Heath, Dunn's sister. "Once he explained what the Hall of Fame was, I definitely believed Bill belonged there."He was a star in his day."Dunn lettered two years in football and track at Butler. He competed against Kiski Prep's Bob Mathias, a decathlon gold medalist in the Olympics, during a high school track meet.Kiski Prep had 10 athletes on its team that year and defeated Butler, 80-47."Bill almost beat that guy," his sister recalled. "That's the kind of athlete he was: very versatile and very intense."Dunn ran the final leg of the 880 relay that set the Butler High School record of 2:10.5 seconds in 1948. He ran the 220-yard dash against New Castle great Sammy Keys twice, losing the first time and winning the rematch.His best event was the 100-yard dash. Dunn finished first in that event in more than 10 meets, posting times between 10.3 and 11.0 seconds."Bill was an excellent runner,"Heath said. "He had a lot of speed."That speed helped him in football as well. As a junior varsity player his sophomore year, Dunn showed a sign of things to come by scoring touchdowns on runs of 80 and 85 yards.With the varsity in 1948, he scored 30 of the Golden Tornado's 40 total points, including another 80-yard touchdown romp.In 1949, Dunn scored eight touchdowns as Butler posted a 5-4 record under coach A. Gerald Cappezutti — its first winning season in eight years and a prelude to the undefeated season of 1950.Dunn went on to Geneva College to play football, but he enlisted in the service after only one year and fought in the Korean War."He was just a patriotic person,"Heath said. "He never returned to sports after that."Dunn lost his battle with cancer on March 12, 1974, at the age of 43. His two brothers and parents are deceased as well.He has four daughters and a son. Two of his daughters and a son live in California, a daughter lives in Oregon and another lives in Pittsburgh.The Pittsburgh resident, Traci Alfera, will accept the Hall of Fame award on behalf of her father at the banquet."I was only 8 when he died, so I don't know much about my father's athletic prowess,"Alfera said."I'm honored to receive this award for him,"she added. "I didn't know Butler had a Hall of Fame, but, because of this, I've been able to learn a lot about his accomplishments."