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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

BUTKUS SURPRISES LOCAL PLAYER WITH AWARD, December 5, 2011

Noor Davis holds the high school 2011 Butkus Award on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Leesburg High School.
Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 
LEESBURG 

FRANK JOLLEY | Staff Writer

Dick Butkus was considered to be one of the meanest and toughest football players in history. 

In a nine-year career with the Chicago Bears, Butkus turned professional gridirons into his calling card, with running backs, quarterbacks and receivers strewn about as evidence that he had been there. 

Lore has it that Butkus was once criticized for biting an opponent's fingers when they protruded through his facemask. According to the story, Butkus acknowledged the biting incident, and told the opponent, "anything that comes inside my facemask belongs to me. 

Butkus played with an anger and toughness that few before or since have ever possessed. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979, the first year he was eligible to be inducted.

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