Richard Marvin "Dick" Butkus was born December 9, 1942.
He was the youngest of nine children. He played high school
football for coach Bernie O'Brien at Chicago Vocational High School.
Butkus played center and linebacker from 1962 through 1964 at the
University of Illinois. Butkus was picked in the first round of the
NFL by both the Denver Broncos, and his home town team Chicago Bears,
he picked the Chicago Bears.