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Oct 5, 2023 · Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus, a vicious tackler who made the Pro Bowl in eight of his nine seasons with the Bears, has died at the age of 80.
Oct 5, 2023 · Dick Butkus, the Chicago Bears’ famously hard-hitting Hall of Fame middle linebacker of the 1960s and ’70s and a selection for the N.F.L.’s 100th anniversary all-time team, died...
Oct 6, 2023 · Fearsome Chicago Bears middle linebacker Dick Butkus has died at 80. The team said in a statement that he died Thursday. Citing his family, the team said Butkus died in his sleep at his home in Malibu, California.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus passed away Oct. 5, 2023, at his home in California at the age of 80. “Near universally, Dick Butkus, a hometown hero in Chicago, was considered the person who defined the position of middle linebacker,” said Hall of Fame President Jim Porter.
Oct 6, 2023 · Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 80.
Oct 6, 2023 · Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus plays against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 4, 1973, at Lambeau Field. Butkus, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, has died at age 80.
Oct 5, 2023 · Dick Butkus, the ferocious body-cruncher of the Chicago Bears defense during the 1960s and early ’70s who awed fans and menaced opposing teams with a smothering intensity that earned him...
