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My mom sat next to Dick at the rose bowl banquet. *
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Posted by BoCool
on October 6, 2023, 11:32:14, in reply to "
RIP Dick Butkus :( (Link in Mine)
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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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