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Word: butkus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another nightcap. Not me. I simply thrust the unpleasant thoughts from my mind and demidoze about great men and greater deeds. I think about Homer Jones, 220 lbs. of black thunderbolt streaking at a rate of 9.3 sec. per 100 yds. down a football field. Or about Dick Butkus, that splendid savage of a middle linebacker, actually biting an opponent's nose during a pileup. Or about four massive linemen in purple shirts named Eller, Page, Larsen and Marshall, holding off the mighty Los Angeles Rams three times from the two-yard line. Or about Running Back Gale Sayers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: MYSTIQUE OF PRO FOOTBALL | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

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