Trivia

Dick Butkus

Considered to be the meanest linebacker ever to play football.
Uniform number 51 retired by the Bears.
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
Inducted into the ESPN Chicago Hall of Fame in 2011 (inaugural class) with Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, Ernie Banks, and Mike Ditka.
Was of Lithuanian descent.
Since 1985 the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Florida has presented the annual Dick Butkus Award to the top linebacker in college football.
Was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears, with whom he spent nine years as a linebacker (1965-1973) and appeared in eight straight Pro Bowls (1965-1972).
Was frequently paired up with Bubba Smith in Miller Lite commercials. Also worked with Smith in the Blue Thunder (1984) TV series.
Father of Richard M. Butkus Jr..
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
Survived by his three children: Matt, Nikki, and Richard Jr., and grandchildren.
Has two sons and a daughter
Inducted into the Lithuanian American Hall of Fame in 2013.
Appeared in a commercial for "FedEx Express". (2009)
Center/linebacker for the University of Illinois football team, 1962-1964.
Mentioned in the Sublime song "Same in the End".
His interment was at Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

Suggest an edit or add missing content