Just saw this on my news feed. Very sad, I saw highlights of his playing days. May he rest in Pearce. 80years old
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/****-butkus-chicago-bears-icon-obit/
Richard Butkus RIP
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Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker and Chicago Bears and NFL icon, dies at 80
Butkus played for the Bears from 1965 until 1973 and was an iconic representative of the team for generations.
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Since the forum clips out the name. That link will get you there.
Sad day, fierce player in his time.
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4WD
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Wow - RIP …
Yes I can remember the good old days when I watch Butkus playing College Football. What a dominating player. RIP
or growing up in Detroit and watching **** Butkus chase Altie Taylor of the Lions out of bounds and darn near to the stadium wall in order to hit Taylor. Those were the days.
As a Bears fan I'm sad. He was an anathema to the hated Vikings.
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I was recently watching old films of **** playing And destroying his opponents
I was recently watching old films of **** playing And destroying his opponents
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**** is taboo?
My brother and I- Butkus was our favorite player when we were kids
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Not everyone admired the defensive guys when young -
I always thought Randy White
️ was one bad hombre
I got married in grad school at the university of Illinois in 1971. My new wife and I were both taking classes, me in chem and her in English. She came home one day and said that as she was going down the stairs in the English building, a large contingent of press people were following this guy up the stairs, shouting questions. The guy bumped into my wife, causing her to drop her books and to fall back against the stairs into a sitting position. The guy helped her up and apologized profusely.
She told me this that night and I asked if she knew who the guy was. She said she was told it was a famous Illini sports figure but as she never followed sports, she had no idea who it was. When we turned on the local news that evening, big story was that **** Butkus was on campus. She saw his picture and said, "Yeah, that's the guy!" I told her that she was maybe the only person that Butkus had ever knocked down and helped back up!
She told me this that night and I asked if she knew who the guy was. She said she was told it was a famous Illini sports figure but as she never followed sports, she had no idea who it was. When we turned on the local news that evening, big story was that **** Butkus was on campus. She saw his picture and said, "Yeah, that's the guy!" I told her that she was maybe the only person that Butkus had ever knocked down and helped back up!
Playing Pop Warner football, everyone wanted #51. But you better had been able to back it up.
After he retired from football, Duck Butkus did a little bit of acting. Back in the day, him and Bubba Smith has quite a few TV commercials for Miller Lite. Here is the one that I remember the most:
Butkus does bowling
Butkus does bowling
He said Butt kiss uh huh huh huh..
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