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

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 99 (158th overall since 1950)
8-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1979

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 5:25PM
All-Time Rank: #117. Jackie Smith… #118. Charley Taylor… #119. Ernie Stautner… #120. DICK BUTKUS… #121. Lee Roy Selmon… #122. Walter Jones… #123. Ken Anderson… 

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1965*+ 23 CHI MLB 51 14 5 84 0 38 0 0 0 7 11 0 16
1966* 24 CHI MLB 51 14 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 14
1967* 25 CHI MLB 51 14 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 3 0 0 14
1968*+ 26 CHI MLB 51 13 3 14 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
1969*+ 27 CHI MLB 51 13 2 13 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12
1970*+ 28 CHI MLB 51 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17
1971* 29 CHI MLB 51 14 0 4 9 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 14
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 51 14 0 2 19 0 14 0 0 0 4 11 0 15
1973 31 CHI MLB 51 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Career 119 0 22 166 0 38 0 0 0 27 22 1 1 120

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1966* 24 CHI MLB 51 14 3 32 0 18 10.7 32
1968*+ 26 CHI MLB 51 13 2 30 0 28 15.0 30
1969*+ 27 CHI MLB 51 13 3 28 0 28 9.3 28
1970*+ 28 CHI MLB 51 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1971* 29 CHI MLB 51 14 0 2 15 0 12 7.5 15
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 51 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 43
Career 119 0 12 120 0 28 10.0 148

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 51 14 0 1 1 100.0%
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 51 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Career 119 0 2 2 100.0%

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 51 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

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1969*+ 27 CHI MLB 51 13 1 2
1971* 29 CHI MLB 51 14 0 1 1
1972*+ 30 CHI MLB 51 14 0 1 1
1973 31 CHI MLB 51 9 1 1 6
Career 119 0 1 1 2 1 10

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972

First-Team All-Pro
1965
1968
1969
1970
1972

Approximate Value
1965 NFL 16 (6)
1970 NFL 17 (5)

Approximate Value (Weighted)
Career 99 (158)

Fumbles Recovered
1965 NFL 7 (2/17)
1966 NFL 4 (3)
1967 NFL 3 (6)
1972 NFL 4 (5)
Career 27 (30)

Fumble Return TD
1973 NFL 1 (1/41)

Sacks
1965 NFL 0.0 (1)
1966 NFL 0.0 (1)
1969 NFL 0.0 (1)

Safeties
1969 NFL 1 (1/18)
Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19651st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19651st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19651st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19652nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19661st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19662nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19662nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19662nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19671st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19671st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19681st TeamAll-NFL/AFLPro Football Weekly
19681st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19681st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19681st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19682nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19681st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19681st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19691st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19691st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19691st TeamAll-NFLHall of Fame
19691st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19691st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19691st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19691st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19691st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19701st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19701st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19701st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19701st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19701st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19701st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19701st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19701st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19711st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19711st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19711st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19712nd TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19712nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19721st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19721st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19721st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19721st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19721st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19721st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.