No. 347: Bernie Brophy

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · May 15, 2026 · 1h 22m

Bernie Brophy is heading into the Butte Sports Hall of Fame. Again.

He was already inducted four times with championship teams — once as a player and three times as a coach.

This July, Bernie will finally go in as an individual, and it is a long-overdue honor.

Bernie was a three-sport standout for Butte Central in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He started at tight end for the 1969 state champion Maroons football team. A year later, he was a captain who started at tight end and safety. He earned first-team offensive and defensive All-Conference honors that season. For some strange reason…