Top Stories: Chicago Bears great Dick Butkus was brutal, fierce and mean on the field. He was the NFL. | Opinion

Few players in the history of the NFL were as ferocious as Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus. He inspired fear and respect in ways few did.

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