Dick Butkus retired from the NFL in 1974, more than four years before I was born. Yet, it feels like I grew up watching him. Well, because I did. Butkus was on television a lot during my life — just ...

Chicago Bears legendary linebacker Dick Butkus was the personification of clean (for the era) violence and terror on the football field. Players would say that before ...

Dick Butkus, the feared and famously intense linebacker from the Chicago Bears who later became a fixture in films, TV shows, and commercials, has died. The Bears confirmed his death at age 80 in ...

Dick Butkus was brutal. He was fierce. He was mean. He would punch you in the face and when he played, punching someone in the face was illegal, but barely. He'd run you down, past the out of bounds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Chicago Bear and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus, considered among the best linebackers to have ever played the game ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Dick Butkus, a College and Pro Football Hall of Famer, has died at the age of 80, sources told Nexstar’s WGN-TV. The loss leaves the football world in mourning of one of the greatest ...

The former NFL linebacker spent his entire career with his hometown Bears Daniel Levine is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in 2022. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh Dick Butkus, the legendary Hall of ...

CHICAGO — In Chicago, where everyone likes to think of themselves as tough, Dick Butkus was the real deal. The Chicago Bears linebacking great, who died Thursday at 80, was considered the toughest guy ...

For the remainder of the 2023 season, the Chicago Bears will wear No. 51 patches on their jerseys to honor the memory of Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus, the franchise announced ...

Longtime Bears linebacker Doug Buffone, who played next to Dick Butkus for Buffone’s first eight seasons in the NFL, used to recall standing on the field in the midst of a Bears game, looking at ...