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Team for the Ages: Dick Butkus, an all-time legend

Bears LB Dick Butkus

They say there is nothing as certain in life as death and taxes, but Chicago Bears Hall Of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus being named to any and every all time NFL team selected is certainly in the hunt.

Butkus is considered by many to be the greatest defensive player in the history of the game and after being drafted in the first round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, one selection ahead of fellow Bears Hall Of Famer Gale Sayers, Butkus went on to dominate the NFL for the first seven seasons of the Modern Era making him a unanimous selection to our Pro Football Weekly Team For The Ages.