Dick Butkus

**Richard Marvin Butkus** (Disamba 9, 1942 - Oktoba 5, 2023) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Amurka, mai sharhi kan wasanni, kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) daga 1965 zuwa 1973. An gayyace shi zuwa Pro Bowls guda takwas a cikin kakar wasa tara, an naɗa shi a matsayin ɗan wasan All-Pro na ƙungiyar farko sau biyar, kuma abokan aikinsa sun amince da shi sau biyu a matsayin ɗan wasan tsaron baya na NFL na shekara . An san Butkus a matsayin mai taka leda mai ƙarfi da kuma ƙoƙarin da ya yi ba tare da gajiyawa ba. Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan baya mafi ban tsoro  a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru.

An haifi Butkus a Chicago kuma ya buga dukkan aikinsa na ƙwallon ƙafa a jiharsa ta Illinois, wadda ta fara a Makarantar Sakandare ta Chicago . Ya kasance ɗan wasan baya kuma cibiyar ƙungiyar Illinois Fighting Illini . Ya kasance ɗan wasan All-American sau biyu, kuma ya jagoranci Illini zuwa ga nasarar Rose Bowl a shekarar 1963 kuma an ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi daraja a Babban Taron Manyan 'Yan wasa. An naɗa Butkus a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na shekara a shekarar 1964. An shigar da shi cikin Ɗakin Shahararrun 'Yan Wasan Kwallo na Kwalejin a shekarar 1983.

An zaɓi Butkus ta hannun Bears a matsayin ɗan wasa na uku a cikin jerin 'yan wasan NFL na 1965. Ba da daɗewa ba ya kafa kansa a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa tare da sha'awar tilasta wa 'yan wasa su yi wasa . A lokacin aikinsa na NFL, ya katse wucewa sau 22 kuma ya dawo da bugun ƙwallo sau 27 (wani tarihi lokacin da ya yi ritaya), [ a ] kuma shi ne ya haifar da ƙarin bugun ƙwallo da bugun ƙwallo mai ban tsoro. Ƙwarewarsa ta taka leda ta sa ya sami yabo da tsoro daga 'yan wasan da ke adawa da shi. A shekarar 2009, NFL Network ta sanya Butkus a matsayin wanda aka fi jin tsoron taka leda a kowane lokaci.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Butkus a Chicago, ƙaramin yaro daga cikin yara takwas, kuma an fara haifa shi a asibiti. Ya kasance jariri babba, mai nauyin  a lokacin haihuwa.  Mahaifinsa John, wanda ya yi ƙaura daga Lithuania zuwa Ellis Island wanda ke jin Turancin Ingilishi mai rauni, ƙwararren mai gyaran wutar lantarki ne kuma yana aiki a kamfanin kera motocin jirgin ƙasa na Pullman-Standard . Mahaifiyarsa, Emma, tana aiki awanni 50 a mako a wurin wanki.  Butkus ya girma a unguwar Roseland da ke Chicago's South Side . Ya kasance mai sha'awar Chicago Cardinals na National Football League (NFL) kuma ya halarci wasanninsu a Comiskey Park . Babban ɗan'uwansa Ron ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a kwalejoji uku kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin shiga Cardinals kafin ya bar aiki saboda rauni a gwiwa.  Tsawon shekaru huɗu, Butkus ya fara aiki da 'yan uwansa huɗu a matsayin mai canza kaya . 

Butkus ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta makarantar sakandare a matsayin mai tsaron baya, mai tsaron baya, mai tsaron baya, da kuma mai tsaron baya ga kocin Bernie O'Brien a Makarantar Sakandare ta Chicago . Ya yi matsakaicin yadi biyar a kowace bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron baya a matsayin mai tsaron baya, amma ya fi son ɗan wasan baya, inda ya sami kashi 70 cikin 100 na tackles ɗin ƙungiyarsa.  A shekarar farko ta Butkus a ƙungiyar varsity, Chicago Vocational ta ba da maki 55 kacal a wasanni takwas. [  A shekarar 1959, shi ne ɗan ƙarami na farko da *Chicago Sun-Times* ta karrama a matsayin ɗan wasan sakandare na shekara a Chicago.  Raunin da ya samu ya takaita wasansa a matsayin babban ɗan wasa, amma har yanzu kwalejoji sun ɗauke shi aiki sosai don buga ƙwallon ƙafa. 

## Aikin kwaleji
Butkus ya zaɓi halartar Jami'ar Illinois, kuma ya buga wasan tsakiya da mai tsaron baya daga 1962 zuwa 1964 ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Illinois Fighting Illini . Da farko yana son bugawa ƙungiyar Notre Dame Fighting Irish; duk da haka, ƙungiyar ta ƙi amincewa da 'yan wasa masu aure a lokacin. A shekararsa ta farko a ƙungiyar varsity, Associated Press (AP) ta sanya masa suna cikin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta All-Big Ten Conference a matsayin cibiyar ƙungiya ta uku da United Press International (UPI) ta sanya masa suna a matsayin cibiyar ƙungiya ta biyu.   A shekarar 1963, Illinois ta tattara rikodin 8–1–1 kuma ta doke Washington a gasar Rose Bowl ta 1964. An naɗa Butkus a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi daraja a ƙungiyar a kakar wasa, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta  Silver Football a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi daraja a Big Ten.  Ya kasance zaɓi ɗaya tilo a matsayin cibiyar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta All-America ta 1963, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta ƙungiyar farko daga dukkan manyan masu zaɓe bakwai. 

A matsayinsa na ɗan shekara a shekarar 1964, an naɗa Butkus a matsayin kyaftin na ƙungiyar tare da mai tsaron baya George Donnelly .  UPI ta ɗauki Butkus a matsayin Lineman na Shekara na ƙwallon ƙafa na kwalejin Butkus a matsayin ɗan wasan shekara na 1964,  kuma ƙungiyar American Football Coaches Association da *The Sporting News* sun naɗa shi ɗan wasan shekara.  A kakar wasa ta biyu a jere, an ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi muhimmanci a Illini. An zaɓe shi a ƙungiyar All-America ta 1964 ta hanyar manyan masu zaɓe shida. A cikin wani labarin da aka wallafa a *Sports Illustrated* a wannan kakar, marubucin wasanni Dan Jenkins ya lura, "Idan kowace ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji tana da ɗan wasan baya kamar Dick Butkus na Illinois, duk 'yan wasan baya za su kai tsayin ƙafa uku kuma su rera waƙar soprano nan ba da jimawa ba."  Butkus ya kuma kammala na shida a zaɓen Heisman Trophy a 1963 kuma na uku a 1964, sakamako mai wuya ga ɗan wasan layi da ɗan wasan baya.  A bisa kididdigar da jami'ar ta adana, ya kammala karatunsa na kwaleji da tackles 374: 97 a 1962, 145 a 1963, da kuma 132 a 1964. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri da ta baya
Butkus ya auri masoyiyarsa Helen Essenberg a makarantar sakandare, a shekarar 1963 yayin da suke ɗalibai a Jami'ar Illinois.   Bayan ya yi ritaya, Butkus ya koma Florida, daga baya kuma ya koma Malibu, California . Ya kasance mai sha'awar magoya baya kuma mai yawan kallon Bears a kafofin watsa labarai. 

Butkus yana da 'ya'ya uku: Ricky, Matt, da Nikki.  Matt ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji a ƙungiyar USC Trojans a matsayin mai tsaron gida, kuma ya haɗu da mahaifinsa a ayyukan agaji.   Ɗan'uwan Butkus Luke Butkus ya kasance mataimakin koci a NFL ga Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks, da Jacksonville Jaguars, kuma ya horar da Jami'ar Illinois, wacce ta yi karatunsa, kuma tun daga shekarar 2023 shi ne kocin layin gaba na Green Bay Packers .   Jikan Butkus Ian Parish yana buga ƙwallon raga a ƙungiyar UCLA Bruins . 

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