Dick Butkus, the Chicago Bears legend broadly thought to be one of the crucial biggest linebackers to ever play games the game of soccer, died Wednesday at 80 years impaired, the Bears and Butkus folk introduced.

[Dick Butkus, fearsome Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker, dies at 80]

Butkus used to be no longer simplest one of the crucial respected and revered legends of the NFL, he additionally had a occupation in leisure and remained a frequent determine across the Bears franchise, even drawing laughs for his hilariously unfiltered social media posts.

Tributes poured in on social media upcoming the inside track of Butkus’ demise. The Washington Commanders, who hosted the Bears on Thursday Evening Soccer, additionally tweeted their reliefs and held a future of quiet in his honor earlier than the sport kicked off. The Packers, the Bears’ longtime rival who Butkus nonetheless liked to troll on social media even if his nephew works for Inexperienced Bay as an associate tutor, additionally despatched their reliefs.

The general NFL sport Butkus attended used to be the Generation 1 Packers win over the Bears at Soldier ground, the place it used to be a folk affair.

Others from across the NFL and in Chicago despatched of their reliefs as smartly, as did the College of Illinois, the place he used to be additionally a legend at the Preventing Illini.

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