NFL Network ranked the most feared tacklers in league history in 2009. No. 1 on the list was Dick Butkus. There could have been no other choice for the top spot.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 10: NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus attends SiriusXM At Super Bowl LVII on February 10, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. in 2009. No. 1 on the list was Dick Butkus. There could have been no other choice for the top spot.
Butkus was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. It was an easy pick, because it’s hard to imagine writing the history of the game without Butkus.Butkus started to become a household name at the University of Illinois. Playing center and linebacker, he led the Illini to a 17-7 win over Washington in the 1964 Rose Bowl. That is Illinois’ last Rose Bowl win. The Dick Butkus Award is now given to the top linebacker in college football each year.
Butkus was a first-team All-Pro as a rookie in 1965, as was teammate Gale Sayers. Butkus and Sayers were the first rookie teammates in NFL history to both be named All-Pro, and that record wasn’t matched until 2018.Butkus was more than just a fierce hitter. He had five interceptions as a rookie and finished with 22 picks in his career. He was a fantastic all-around player.
Butkus would play into that reputation at times. That Playboy story in 1971 said Butkus once told a television reporter,"I sometimes have a dream where I hit a man so hard his head pops off and rolls downfield." And every football fan has seen the well-worn NFL Films clips of Butkus destroying running backs who crossed his path.
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