Dick Butkus

One Of My All-Time Favorite Sports Dicks

Now there is a guy you wouldn't want to mess with, especially by teasing him about his name! In the game of football he made Bad Bad Leroy Brown look like Clay Aiken on a bad day. He ate nails for breakfast and honed his killer instincts by rubbing Icy Hot into his jock before every game. What do you think made him so mean for nine years in the NFL anyway?

Yes, even as a child, Dick was a stone cold maniac (as Deacon Jones would say) but because of his size and upbringing he was determined to turn the other cheek. He was tormented by the same kind of idiots us Dicks have faced all our lives with Hey, Dickweed, Yo, Dickhead, any of us Dicks can relate to that, right?

Dick Butkus Greatest Hits

When Dick discovered football and took out some of that frustration on the field people started getting it. The smart ones never made fun of his name again – the not so smart ones, well, watch the video and imagine being faced by an out of control steam roller.

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