Butkus personified Chicago's resolve
In Chicago, where everyone likes to think of themselves as tough, Dick Butkus was the real deal.
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In Chicago, where everyone likes to think of themselves as tough, Dick Butkus was the real deal.
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 in a sport in which hitting is not optional. He carried that persona into his post-football life, cashing in on that demeanor in movies and TV and even bringing it to the social media site formerly called ...
The Chicago native was a human sledgehammer as a Hall of Fame linebacker with the Bears in the 1960s and '70s.
This isn’t something we see at Wrigley anymore.
One last Bears/Wrigley photo before their season ends.