Twelve players from the Big Ten Conference were named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, given annually to the top linebacker in college football. The watch list for the Butkus Award — ...

Butkus was a first-team All-Pro five times and made the Pro Bowl in eight of his nine seasons before a knee injury forced him to retire at 31. He was the quintessential Monster of the Midway and was ...

The family of Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker and Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus confirmed last month that the NFL icon died in his sleep at his home in Malibu, but his official cause of death ...

The former Chicago Bears linebacker died at 80 on Oct. 5 Cindy Ord/Getty Dick Butkus, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker, died as a result of a "cerebrovascular accident," CBS Sports said on Wednesday, ...

Bears legend Dick Butkus died at 80 in October after suffering a stroke, according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ. The certificate lists a “cerebrovascular accident” as the cause of death, ...

Legendary football player Dick Butkus' 1974 Chicago Bear Sports Card is now available for $1,000. This collectible piece showcases Butkus during his time with the Chicago Bears, offering fans a ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) --The Chicago Bears will honor the late Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus by wearing patch with his No. 51 on their jerseys for the rest of this season. Butkus, 80, died last week at ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Bears and all-around NFL legend Dick Butkus has died, the team confirmed Thursday. Richard Marvin Butkus, a Hall of Fame linebacker who played for the Bears from 1965 until ...

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 ...

CHAMPAIGN — Wearing a No. 51 Chicago Bears jersey gifted by his wife Maria, George Sakas stopped by the Dick Butkus statue about three hours before Illinois kicked off against Nebraska on Friday. The ...