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To: BigCinBigD

Dick Butkus came out of Chicago. A manlier football player never lived.


128 posted on 05/05/2012 11:49:26 PM PDT by karnage
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To: karnage

There has been one death on the playing field in the history of the NFL, in 1970, Chuck Hughes, a receiver for the Detroit Lions collapsed on the field after a heart attack in a game against the Bears.....Butkus was the first to notice there was a problem and immediately signaled for help.


129 posted on 05/05/2012 11:53:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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