Center, Illinois, 1962–64
Dick Butkus
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Dick Butkus played center at Illinois (1962–64). He finished third in the 1964 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1963 and 1964. The Chicago Bears took Butkus in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1965 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
At a glance
- Best season
- 1964
- Sporting News College Football Player of the Year, UPI Lineman of the Year and 2 more
Honors
- Inducted 1983College Football Hall of Fame
- 1962Second-team All-Big Ten
- 1963, 1964Consensus All‑American
- 1963Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- 1963, 1964First-team All-Big Ten
- 1963Sixth in the Heisman vote
- 1964Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1964UPI Lineman of the Year
- 1964Third in the Heisman vote
- 2023Big Ten Dungy–Thompson Humanitarian Award
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1963
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 8 (1965–72) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1967
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972; AP second team 1967; Pro Football Writers first team 1968, 1970, 1972; Pro Football Writers second team 1971; NEA first team 1968, 1970, 1972; Pro Football Weekly first team 1968, 1970; and 3 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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