Gale sayers and dick butkus

One famous photograph captures Butkus at his best. Parents Guide. Butkus said roughly 60 former NFL players took advantage of the scans last year and nine of them were diagnosed with a heart issue that would otherwise have gone untreated. They gave each other a hug. At that time, the NFL and American Football League were rivals before the merger and conducted two competing drafts of college players. Butkus, too, founded a charity foundation that helped raise awareness for two of his pet projects — the I Play Clean anti-steroid campaign aimed at high school athletes and the Dick Butkus Center for Cardiovascular Wellness in Orange, Calif. The Bears landed two of their most iconic players in running back Gale Sayers and linebacker Dick Butkus with the Nos.

Layden, Tim August 23, The Washington Post. National Football League.