Butler High Football standouts Rich and Ron Saul both went to Michigan State and continued their careers in the NFL; Rich to the Los Angeles Rams and Ron to the Washington Redskins.

Ron Saul, the last surviving member of a trio of brothers who combined for 37 seasons in the NFL, died early Tuesday morning at age 73.

Saul and his twin brother, Rich, were 1966 Butler graduates and three-year starters for Golden Tornado teams that posted a combined record of 26-3 and included two WPIAL championship games.

“That was truly the golden era of Butler football,” said Jim Lokhaiser, who broadcasted Butler football then. “Watching Butler play at Forbes Field, Pitt Stadium ... those were incredible times.”

Butler resident Ed Codi was a teammate of the Saul twins on the 1963 squad that went undefeated during the regular season.

“Butler had 29 players go on to Division I football from those three (1963-65) teams,” Codi said. “That’s the only time that’s happened in Butler history.”

Read more in Thursday's Butler Eagle.