[2] He helped the Gusties to three straight State Championships while the team won the conference all four years he played for them.
[2][3] Butcher was the leading scorer, rusher and passer in the conference during his junior and senior seasons.
[4] Butcher served in the United States Military during World War II.
[2] He worked at the family business, Thermopax, a heating equipment manufacturing company in Memphis, Tennessee, with his two sons.
[3] Wendell's son, Ron Butcher, scored the first touchdown in the 1963 Rose Bowl.