Word: butkus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Babich, Miami (Ohio), 6 ft. 2 in., 225 Ibs. Pritchard is "a great hitter who can crunch the wide play" and has the speed to stick with a receiver coming out of the backfield. One scout ranks him with top Pro Linebackers Tommy Nobis and Dick Butkus. The only difference "is that Pritchard is one inch shorter." Enyart, who also rates high as an offensive fullback, is "a hardnosed kid who can make those snap judgments that give him a jump on the play." Known for his bone-jarring tackles, he lives up to his nickname: "Earthquake." Babich...
...playing out their options: the common draft and a no-poaching rule will eliminate huge bonuses and salaries. "There's a good chance that action will be taken in the courts," says Chicago Attorney Arthur Morse, who negotiated big bonus contracts for Chicago Bears Linebacker Dick Butkus ($100,000) and Green Bay Packers Fullback Jim Grabowski ($250,000). Players might claim that the league was limiting their right to choose the place and price of their employment. To head off such an action, league officials are lobbying for legislation that would exempt pro football from federal antitrust laws...
...Willard is the third leading ground gainer in the N.F.L. Tucker Frederickson, a 220-lb. fullback from Auburn, is the man who makes the New York Giants go, and Bob ("Bullet") Hayes represents the only real threat in the Dallas Cowboys' offense. Sayers' teammate Dick Butkus is the main bulwark in a brutal Chicago Bears defense that has allowed just 73 points in its last five games. But Willard, Hayes, Frederickson and Butkus are believable, at least...
...N.F.L. championship in 1963-but won only five games this year. Yanking the rubber band off his bankroll, Halas shelled out $50,000 for Kansas Halfback Gale Sayers, then sent George Jr. around with a $100,000 bundle for Illinois' All-Everything linebacker, "Animal of the Year" Dick Butkus...
...LINEBACKERS: Dick Butkus, 21, Illinois, 6 ft. 3 in., 243 Ibs., and Ron Caveness, 21, Arkansas, 6 ft, 215 Ibs., and Jim Carroll, 21, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 1 in., 225 Ibs. The heart of the Illinois defense, Butkus is everyone's choice for Animal of the Year, may well be the No. 1 draft pick. "This kid is such a brute," says one scout fondly, "that he forces a lot of fumbles and mistakes simply by intimidating ball carriers." The line on Caveness: "Red-dogs extremely well." The pros like Notre Dame Captain Carroll for his canniness...