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Originally Posted by htron50
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Originally Posted by JusticePete
This is a great name for a linebacker --
Awesome Pete...,
One of MY hero's from the past...Dick Butkus...that photo shows immortal like athleticism....outstanding! No steroids back then...., pure power and talent.
The IWO JIMA of FootBall!
 
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This would be off topic is we weren't talking about
D' BEARZ
I remember watching a Monday Night
BEARZ game. The Bears we awful that season and worse that night except for Butkus. He hadn't practiced all week becuase of his knees. He was all over the field. It seemed he made every tackle. When he went to the side lines no one would come near him. He was bleeding across the bridge of his nose and knuckles on both hands, alone something like John Wayne in the Searchers. It was classic, absolutely classic
BEARZ and NFL.
Bill George, Butkus, Singletary and now Urlacher have to be the best four middle linebackers to ever play for a franchise. Some may argue other Mikes may have been better individually, but four Hall of Famers at one position from one franchise? Well I am counting one prematurely, but I do expect Urlacher to join this group.
For those who don't know, Coach Halas and a few others started the NFL in the Hupmobile show room. He got the idea from Coach Zupke at the University of Illinois when Zupke told the graduating seniors -- just when you learn to play, you leave the game. The Bears were originally the Decatur Staleys 'pro' team. Halas acquired the rights and moved the team to Chicago. The orange and blue uniforms are a nod to the University of Illinois. Butkus went to Chicago Vocational High School in Chicago, then to University of Illinois to a Hall of Fall career with the Bears. For those of us that grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois being a
D' BEARZ is no different than breathing and the NFL the equivalent of water.