This is the seventh in a series of nine articles profiling the 2012 inductees into the Butler High School Athletic Hall of Fame.BUTLER TWP — Mike Kelly refers to it as “a magical time.”Growing up in Butler and playing football for the Golden Tornado in the mid-1960's will result in a magical night for him.The former All-WPIAL Golden Tornado tackle will be inducted into the Butler High School Athletic Hall of Fame Sept. 14. Kelly and his eight fellow inductees will be honored at a reception at 5 p.m. in the high school cafeteria and on the field prior to Butler's home football game against Pine-Richland that night.Now a U.S. congressman, Kelly will be on hand for the induction ceremony.“I wouldn't miss that for anything,” he said.The 1966 Butler graduate was named All-WPIAL and second team all-state during his senior season of 1965. He grew up watching the Saul brothers (Bill, Rich and Ron) play at Butler and was a teammate of eventual Steeler quarterback Terry Hanratty.“Of course, you don't know how good anybody really is when you're in high school,” Kelly said. “We were just a bunch of guys playing football together. And we loved to play.“I started at tackle for two years and didn't even dress my sophomore year. Terry played safety for the 1963 team and only played quarterback for us one year. That's how deep those teams were.”Butler lost one game during the three years Kelly was a member of the varsity team.Hanratty rambled 85 yards for a touchdown on a quarterback sneak, a play that stands out in Kelly's memory.Kelly said they could have “scripted a movie” around Butler football at the time he came through the program.“We grew up at the right time,” he said. “It was a booming time. Everybody had good jobs and everyone supported the football program. The people who raised us had just come back from World War II. They helped change the world and they were confident people.“Rich Saul and I always talked about how lucky we were. That was just a magical time. Butler was such a special place.”One of the reasons Butler had successful teams was that the players felt a duty to the program in many ways, Kelly said.“We felt a duty to our teammates, our school and to our town,” he said. “The parents, teachers and coaches we had ... This town was so solid.“There was so much interest between the community and the team. People used to come out and watch us practice every night.”Kelly accepted a scholarship to play football at Notre Dame — where he joined Hanratty — but injuries kept him off the field most of the time.“Notre Dame didn't redshirt in those days, so when you got hurt, there was pressure to get back on the field as quickly as you could,” Kelly said.“I tore up my knee early, had surgery, came back, dislocated the knee, came back, tore cartilage and I was done.”Admitting to being disappointed at the time, Kelly still received his education at Notre Dame.“I had a great experience there and I learned some lessons I've carried with me all of my life, such as how to cope with adversity,” Kelly said.