AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

Dick Butkus

1942 - 2023

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Richard Marvin Butkus (December 9, 1942 – October 5, 2023) was an American professional football linebacker, sports commentator, and actor. He played football for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1965 to 1973. He was invited to eight Pro Bowls in nine seasons, named a first-team All-Pro five times, and was twice recognized by his peers as the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Butkus has received more than 4,560,221 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Butkus is the 5th most popular american football player (up from 13th in 2019), the 7,900th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,526th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American American Football Player.

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  • 4.6M

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  • 46.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Among american football players, Dick Butkus ranks 5 out of 63. Before him are O. J. Simpson, Jim Brown, Tom Brady, and Joe Montana. After him are Ernie Davis, Dan Marino, Johnny Unitas, Kurt Warner, Aldo Donelli, Joe Namath, and Cam Newton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Dick Butkus ranks 525. Before him are Salim Ahmed Salim, Johny Schleck, Paulos Faraj Rahho, Jörg Lucke, Tom Peters, and Pavel Sadyrin. After him are Peter Tork, Frew McMillan, Horst Wolter, Graciela Iturbide, Howard Stringer, and Mario Chaldú. Among people deceased in 2023, Dick Butkus ranks 481. Before him are Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Benjamin Zephaniah, Julie Garwood, Cindy Williams, Herb Kohl, and Richard Lynn. After him are Kenneth McAlpine, Lisa Loring, Ritt Bjerregaard, Sergey Tereshchenko, Frank Shu, and Bob Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Butkus ranks 7,900 out of 20,380. Before him are Skip James (1902), Douglas McIlroy (1932), Stith Thompson (1885), Jack Conway (1887), Scott Hall (1958), and Robert A. Lovett (1895). After him are Nick Carter (1980), Dana Plato (1964), Melville Fuller (1833), Christy Walton (1949), Shelley Lubben (1968), and Peter Tork (1942).

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among american football players born in United States, Dick Butkus ranks 5. Before him are O. J. Simpson (1947), Jim Brown (1936), Tom Brady (1977), and Joe Montana (1956). After him are Ernie Davis (1939), Dan Marino (1961), Johnny Unitas (1933), Kurt Warner (1971), Aldo Donelli (1907), Joe Namath (1943), and Cam Newton (1989).

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