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/
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."I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something."
-**** Butkus
Regards,
John
Not everyone admired the defensive guys when young -My brother and I- Butkus was our favorite player when we were kids
****QUACK****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