Perhaps no player in the Chicago Bears’ 104-year history better epitomized the team’s tough and determined identity than Dick Butkus. A product of Chicago’s working-class South Side and the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Bears and all-around NFL legend Dick Butkus has died, the team confirmed Thursday. "The Butkus family confirms that football and entertainment legend Dick Butkus died ...

1968: Jim Dooley was introduced as Chicago Bears head coach after George Halas announced his retirement. Ben Johnson is the ...

Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus, perhaps the greatest middle linebacker to ever suit up in the NFL, has died at the age of 80, the team announced via a statement from his family. The Butkus ...

Dick Butkus, a legendary Bears Hall of Fame middle linebacker and Chicago native who many still consider the most ferocious defensive player in NFL history, has passed away. He was 80. The Butkus ...

The Hall of Famer died in his sleep overnight, his family said. Dick Butkus, the legendary Chicago Bears linebacker, has died, his family said. He was 80. Butkus "died peacefully" in his sleep ...

He was a great football player. Butkus was everything Bears fans wanted him to be. And whenever he returned to Chicago, those fans — including many who never saw him play — always gave him the ...

He was 80. Dick Butkus dies at 80: Linebacker was Chicago Bears legend and NFL icon Dick Butkus wasn't just a Bears legend: He became a busy actor after football "Dick was the ultimate Bear ...

a community started by Matt Butkus to honor his father, to tailgate before the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings game Sunday. Martin Winkelman, 58, got emotional as he talked about Dick Butkus.

Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 80. According to a ...

Dick’s intuition, toughness and athleticism made him the model linebacker whose name will forever be linked to the position and the Chicago Bears.” Butkus, regarded by many as football’s ...

Dick Butkus, arguably the fiercest Monster of the Midway, has died at age 80, the Chicago Bears announced Thursday. Butkus became a Bears legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer in his nine-year ...