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 ...

IOWA CITY — While Jay Higgins faced a handful of reporters during Tuesday’s Iowa football media availability, fellow linebacker Nick Jackson walked past and delivered a few choice words. “Put him on ...

ATHENS, Ga. --- Bulldog junior linebacker Jalon Walker has been named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award given to the nation's top collegiate linebacker, according to an announcement from the ...

NORMAN — University of Oklahoma senior linebacker Danny Stutsman has been named one of five finalists for the 40th annual Butkus Award, which is presented to the nation's best linebacker, the Butkus ...

ATHENS, Ga. --- Bulldog junior linebacker Jalon Walker has been named one of 15 semifinalists for the Butkus Award honoring the nation's best linebacker, according to a Butkus Foundation announcement ...

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 ...

Dick Butkus, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker, died as a result of a "cerebrovascular accident," CBS Sports said on Wednesday, according to his death certificate from the Los Angeles Department of Public ...

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, ...

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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 ...