Bears to honor Dick Butkus with jersey patches, video tributes
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears will honor the late Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus by wearing patch with his No. 51 on their jerseys for the rest of this season.Butkus, 80, died last week at his home in Malibu, California. As part of a tribute to the Bears icon at Soldier Field on Sunday, in addition to players wearing the honorary patches on their jerseys, the team also will have his retired No.
'He refused to accept anything less than the best from himself, or from his teammates.'Butkus played for the Bears from 1965 until 1973 and was an iconic representative of the team for generations. Known as the 'Maestro of Mayhem,' Butkus was Chicago through-and-through, starring on and off the field.Butkus became a star football player at Chicago Vocational High School, and at the University of Illinois – where he enrolled in 1961.
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