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My Dad was on the football team with Butkus at Vocational.
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Posted by EffinIllini
on October 5, 2023, 22:15:47, in reply to "
RIP Dick Butkus :( (Link in Mine)
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Dad was 2 years younger. Said Butkus was a better fullback than linebacker. A mean SOB in HS. Recalls Butkus dragging about the entire opponent across the goal line at Soldier Filed to win the city championship when they were in school.
Need to text Dad to see if he knows.
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RIP Dick Butkus :( (Link in Mine)
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aimlessillini
October 5, 2023, 17:08:30
more Ditka memories: many years ago, I was at a bar at DFW passing time before my flight
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bbonb
October 6, 2023, 14:16:03
I was at Ditka's restaurant around 2015 with my gf at the time. Went upstairs to use the restroom
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Warrin'_Illini
October 6, 2023, 15:29:59
For a very long time, Ditka’s was the default place to go for a “nice” lunch at former
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ATL
October 6, 2023, 15:56:59
Ditka is dead, too?*
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timmer
October 6, 2023, 15:17:52
Consider the source*
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RSMBob
October 6, 2023, 15:30:11
That’s usually reserved for me!*
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timmer
October 6, 2023, 15:51:26
The Bears have NEVER lost a game when Dick Butkus was not alive in this millenium.*
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MojoJojo
October 6, 2023, 12:39:52
My first Butkus memory...
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Tuscy
October 6, 2023, 12:31:21
you recall seeing Butkus, on tv, as a 3 y.o.? That’s an impressive memory*
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bbonb
October 6, 2023, 14:19:09
That's not my earliest memory. *
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Tuscy
October 6, 2023, 14:21:34
FWLIW: Bears at Lions, Thanksgiving 1971. Lions player died on the field.
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osklister
October 6, 2023, 14:06:22
REally surprised a couple of the local news stations in SoCal had Butkus' passing as the lead story*
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RSMBob
October 6, 2023, 12:07:36
He's a legend*
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MtHoodIllini
October 6, 2023, 21:14:36
didn't he settle in malibu? plus decent imdb page*
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torinese
October 6, 2023, 13:11:14
Yes, lived in Malibu and that is where he passed
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RSMBob
October 6, 2023, 13:56:09
Replayed an interview at Soldier Field from Opening Day, 2022. Said he's not in Chi when it snows.
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osklister
October 6, 2023, 13:50:07
Met him at a book signing at Follett's in '97.
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KingTalkyTiki
October 6, 2023, 12:06:04
Same for me.*
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LovetheChief
October 6, 2023, 12:12:07
Just remembered I was in line with my then girlfriend's dad.
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KingTalkyTiki
October 6, 2023, 12:22:58
Would not have guessed Dick Butkus had such lovely penmanship*
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Herman Blume
October 6, 2023, 12:10:51
The Athletic article/obit is very good.
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Herman Blume
October 6, 2023, 12:03:18
That was very good*
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TarheelIllini
October 7, 2023, 21:17:28
That was very good*
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TarheelIllini
October 7, 2023, 21:17:28
my father worked construction in Champaign with Butkus*
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Poldark
October 6, 2023, 11:34:05
My mom sat next to Dick at the rose bowl banquet. *
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BoCool
October 6, 2023, 11:32:14
Dick Butkus had his number retired at UIUC at halftime of the Knebraska game IIRC.
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osklister
October 6, 2023, 9:51:47
My Dad was on the football team with Butkus at Vocational.
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EffinIllini
October 5, 2023, 22:15:47
My older brother played for Lane Tech at that time. They were the two powerhouses of the CPL*
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MtHoodIllini
October 6, 2023, 0:01:11
Did you grow up in the Chicago area?
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CubsWonWorldSeries
October 5, 2023, 23:16:49
No.
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EffinIllini
October 6, 2023, 8:29:14
My Mom went to Chicago Washington
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CubsWonWorldSeries
October 6, 2023, 10:19:42
Mendel? Been gone a long time.
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osklister
October 6, 2023, 11:03:58
Yep that’s it! Her brothers were born in ‘42 and ‘47*
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CubsWonWorldSeries
October 6, 2023, 11:51:27
Mendel closed in 1988. Property (maybe the original buildings too?) is now Gwendolyn Brooks HS, CPS.
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osklister
October 6, 2023, 14:11:07
Thing I learned last week when in Yellowstone with my parents...I was almost from Tennessee...
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EffinIllini
October 6, 2023, 10:44:21
i think you're several years old than me but my college buddy was the byron starting qb in 99
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lcubed
October 6, 2023, 9:07:24
I think he's a teacher and head football coach at Byron now.
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EffinIllini
October 6, 2023, 9:18:30
(no subject)
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MtHoodIllini
October 5, 2023, 19:37:44
RIP.....I was lucky enough to have seen him play twice as an Illini and once as a Bear..........
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MtHoodIllini
October 5, 2023, 20:16:25
I probably saw him play, but I was 5 at the time.
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BoCool
October 7, 2023, 23:50:34
ooo
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IlliniSax05
October 5, 2023, 19:42:06
I have the scars and drivers license to prove it. :) Graduated HS in 1972*
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MtHoodIllini
October 5, 2023, 19:44:28
I remember '72
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ibdoc
October 6, 2023, 9:04:55
Dayum. That’s the year I was born. *
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harb
October 5, 2023, 22:30:12
LOL.....It's been a long run*
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MtHoodIllini
October 5, 2023, 23:59:24
I remember a story from Jim Ringo who played center for the Packers
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ibdoc
October 5, 2023, 19:10:20
RIP legend.*
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gullit
October 5, 2023, 19:09:19
Rare 60s player with size around current players*
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Potomac
October 5, 2023, 19:08:45
Si*
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MtHoodIllini
October 6, 2023, 0:02:06
RIP to an absolute legend. *
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VIV
October 5, 2023, 19:02:19
RIP to the original quintessential LB*
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ilinni11
October 5, 2023, 18:42:45
RIP to one tough MFer.*
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SurfTheBoneyard
October 5, 2023, 18:17:20
Pours one out for a great Illini*
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Desert
October 5, 2023, 18:17:16
I’m sad. But on the other hand, dying in your sleep feels like the right end for Dick.
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tvillini
October 5, 2023, 18:12:00
Yeah, and I don’t want to watch Bears games anymore either, so I get it*
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Blazer
October 5, 2023, 18:39:47
Roseland and CVS mourn. ;-(
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osklister
October 5, 2023, 18:08:55
RIP
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IlliniSax05
October 5, 2023, 18:00:03
rip coach katowinski*
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lcubed
October 5, 2023, 17:57:56
Pours one out. *
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harb
October 5, 2023, 17:56:50
Agh, RIP. Hope they do a proper tribute at Memorial Stadium*
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Blazer
October 5, 2023, 17:53:02
Gonna fire up the newspaper grill in honor.*
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MojoJojo
October 5, 2023, 17:46:41
Link from the bears…
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Cunativeson
October 5, 2023, 17:44:09
One of the greatest Illini and Bear players ever. And a tough son of a bitch*
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Taz
October 5, 2023, 17:35:25
Well shit. RIP Dick. You were a badass*
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AintHatin
October 5, 2023, 17:30:58
His last NFL picks posted today:
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JeffFrank
October 5, 2023, 17:25:31
Ah damn, RIP to a legend.*
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Warrin'_Illini
October 5, 2023, 17:20:58
RIP to an all time great and Illini*
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LeatherneckIllini
October 5, 2023, 17:12:10
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