Dick Butkus, Legendary Chicago Bears Linebacker, Lifeless At 80

Former Chicago Bears linebacker, Dick Butkus, has died at age 80, per TMZ. Based on the outlet, paramedics have been known as to the previous NFL legend’s dwelling in Malibu simply earlier than 1 p.m. native time after a reported cardiac arrest. Officers say that Butkus was discovered unresponsive and was pronounced lifeless on the scene. The reason for demise and particulars surrounding the soccer star’s tragic demise have but to be launched.

Butkus was an icon within the NFL scene. Though he was chosen by the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos in the course of the draft, he finally selected his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Butkus started his skilled profession in 1965, and was a transparent power to be reckoned with. Butkus turned well-known for stripping the ball from the opposing workforce and tackling gamers like nobody else within the league. Though his soccer profession lasted solely eight years, it did not cease him from changing into one of the vital well-known soccer gamers to ever take to the sector. The Chicago Bears linebacker finally accrued a formidable 1,020 tackles, 22 interceptions, and 27 fumble recoveries throughout his NFL profession.

Simply 5 years after he retired, Butkus was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in 1979. He’ll perpetually be remembered by the NFL group and amongst soccer followers all over the place.

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