Perhaps no player in the Chicago Bears’ 104-year history better epitomized the team’s tough and determined identity than Dick Butkus.

Chicago Bears and NFL legend Dick Butkus has died, the team announced via a statement from his family. He was 80 years old.

Perhaps no player in the Chicago Bears’ 104-year history better epitomized the team’s tough and determined identity than Dick Butkus. A product of Chicago’s working-class South Si… ...

Remembering Hall of Fame linebacker and Bears icon Dick Butkus CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Bears and all-around NFL legend Dick Butkus has died, the team confirmed Thursday.

A photo of Dick Butkus sneering behind his facemask filled the cover of Sports Illustrated's 1970 NFL preview, topped by the headline, "The Most Feared Man in the Game." Opponents who wound up on ...

Dick Butkus, who died at 80, was one of the most storied defenders in all of NFL history. He leaves a legacy as one of the Bears' all-time greats.

Dick Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, has died. He was 80.

Dick Butkus, the player who perhaps best epitomized the tough and determined identity of the Chicago Bears, has died, the Tribune confirmed Thursday. He was 80.

Dick Butkus, the player who perhaps best epitomized the tough and determined identity of the Chicago Bears, has died, the Tribune confirmed Thursday. He was 80.

Butkus was a Hall of Famer whose bone-rattling tackles made him one of the most intimidating players in NFL history.

Dick Butkus, the fearsome Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears who became an actor after retiring from football, dies at age 80.

Dick Butkus, one of the most celebrated linebackers in NFL history who played eight seasons for the Chicago Bears before turning to a career as an actor and sports commentator, died Thursday in ...