| Dick Butkus  AKA Richard Marvin Butkus
Born: 9-Dec-1942
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Football Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Middle linebacker, Chicago Bears Dick Butkus says he knew in fifth grade he'd be a professional football player. Butkus was a fierce tackler who took great pride and pleasure in inflicting pain upon his opponents. Now, decades after his last game, he's still remembered as "the Maestro of Mayhem", one of the greatest linebackers ever to play. Butkus began racking up awards in high school, as Associated Press's Prep Player of the Year. At the University of Illinois he was named to the All-American team twice, and with the National Football League's Chicago Bears he played in eight straight Pro Bowls. He's in both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Since 1985, the Dick Butkus Award has honored the best college linebacker each year.
After his playing days ended Butkus turned into an actor, appearing in Mother, Jugs, & Speed and supporting roles in three TV series, Blue Thunder, Half Nelson, and My Two Dads.
He was briefly named head coach of the Chicago Enforcers in the XFL, a new league, in 2000. The announcement sold a lot of tickets in Chicago, Butkus's home town, but he never actually coached a game, instead accepting a "promotion" as the team's "Director of Football Competition". The XFL folded after one season. Father: John Butkus
Mother: Emma Goodoff
Wife: Helen Essenhart (m. 1963, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Richard Butkus, Jr.
Daughter: Nicole Butkus ("Nikki")
Son: Matthew
High School: Vocational High School, Chicago, IL
University: BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1965)
Endorsement of Miller Brewing Company
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1979
College Football Hall of Fame 1983
Knee Replacement (Nov-1997)
People with Funny Names
Lithuanian Ancestry
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
Chicago Bears LB (1965-73)
TELEVISION
Blue Thunder Richard "Ski" Butowski (1984)
My Two Dads Ed Klawicki (1987-89)
Hang Time Coach Mike Katowinski (1998-2000)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Teddy Bears' Picnic (29-Mar-2002) Himself
Any Given Sunday (16-Dec-1999)
The Last Boy Scout (13-Dec-1991) Himself
Necessary Roughness (27-Sep-1991)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (15-Jun-1990) Himself
Spontaneous Combustion (23-Feb-1990)
Hamburger... The Movie (01-May-1986)
Johnny Dangerously (21-Dec-1984)
Cracking Up (1983)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (31-Oct-1980)
Gus (7-Jul-1976)
Mother, Jugs & Speed (May-1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1-Feb-1976)
Author of books:
Stop Action (1972, memoir)
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