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Dick Butkus

Richard Marvin Butkus

Position: LB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: December 9, 1942 in Chicago, IL
College: Illinois

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1979

8-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1965 Draft
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 2nd round (9th overall) of the AFL 1965 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1965*+ 23 CHI MLB 14 0 5 84 0 38 0 7 11 0
1966* 24 CHI MLB 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 4 0 0
1967* 25 CHI MLB 14 0 1 24 0 24 0 3 0 0
1968*+ 26 CHI MLB 13 0 3 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
1969*+ 27 CHI MLB 13 0 2 13 0 11 0 2 0 0 1
1970*+ 28 CHI MLB 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1971* 29 CHI MLB 14 0 4 9 0 9 0 3 0 0
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 14 0 2 19 0 14 0 4 11 0
1973 31 CHI MLB 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Career 119 0 22 166 0 38 0 27 22 1 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1966* 24 CHI MLB 14 0 3 32 0 18 10.7 32
1968*+ 26 CHI MLB 13 0 2 30 0 28 15.0 30
1969*+ 27 CHI MLB 13 0 3 28 0 28 9.3 28
1970*+ 28 CHI MLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1971* 29 CHI MLB 14 0 2 15 0 12 7.5 15
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 43
Career 119 0 12 120 0 28 10.0 148

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1971* 29 CHI MLB 14 0 1 1 100.0%
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Career 119 0 2 2 100.0%

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 14 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 2.0 0.1 28 0 0
Career 119 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 0.2 0.0 28 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1969*+ 27 CHI MLB 13 0 1 2
1971* 29 CHI MLB 14 0 1 1
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 14 0 1 1
1973 31 CHI MLB 9 0 1 6
Career 119 0 1 2 1 10

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972

1st-team All-Pro

1965
1968
1969
1970
1972

Fumbles Recovered

1965 NFL 7 (2-- 15)
1966 NFL 4 (3)
1967 NFL 3 (6)
1972 NFL 4 (5)
Career 27 (29)

Fumble Return TD

1973 NFL 1 (1-- 38)
Career 1 (199)

Safeties

1969 NFL 1 (1-- 16)
Career 1 (66)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1965 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1966 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1966 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL/AFL
1968 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Hall of Fame: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1971 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL