R.I.P., Dave Butz (Redskins)

[BobPSU92]

72 years old. R.I.P.

2-time SB champ, NCAA football HOFer Butz dies

All-Pro defensive lineman and two-time Washington Super Bowl champion Dave Butz has died. He was 72.

www.espn.com

 

[LionJim]

Wow, brings back such memories. RIP. There were some fine people on those Redskins teams, really likable players. Monte Coleman, Green, Monk, Charles Mann, Jim Lachey. Those were good years, really put a spring in my step.

 

[dcf4psu]

One of the Hogs, right?

 

[FTLPSU]

One of the Hogs, right?

The HOGS were the Offensive Line unit----few PITTERS on there ;(

 

[LionJim]

One of the Hogs, right?

No, he played DT.

 

[LionJim]

The HOGS were the Offensive Line unit----few PITTERS on there ;(

Yeah, Russ Grimm and Mark F. May.

 

[pap]

72 years old. R.I.P.

2-time SB champ, NCAA football HOFer Butz dies

All-Pro defensive lineman and two-time Washington Super Bowl champion Dave Butz has died. He was 72.

www.espn.com

One of the hogs , oh my RIP

 

[BobPSU92]

Wow, brings back such memories. RIP. There were some fine people on those Redskins teams, really likable players. Monte Coleman, Green, Monk, Charles Mann, Jim Lachey. Those were good years, really put a spring in my step.

Oh, B.S.







(Before snyder)

 

[Erial_Lion]

Have an autographed poster of him at the bottom of the stairs to greet people coming into my basement…always my favorite player as a kid. In several fantasy leagues, my team name is No ifs, ands, or Butz. He was always one of John Madden’s favorites.

 

[Tom_PSU]

Really sorry to hear the sad news about Dave Butz. May he RIP. With respect to the hogs on their great Olines. I just loved that play where they pulled the back side guard and tackle and ran the sweep to the other side. They just ran the hell out of that play, and when in their prime nobody could stop it.

 

[LionJim]

Really sorry to hear the sad news about Dave Butz. May he RIP. With respect to the hogs on their great Olines. I just loved that play where they pulled the back side guard and tackle and ran the sweep to the other side. They just ran the hell out of that play, and when in their prime nobody could stop it.

They knew how to put games away.

 

[Nohow]

Nephew of Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon and Ford.

 

[Erial_Lion]

His helmet was a classic…

 

[s1uggo72]

Dave was one of the first super big guys in the NFL. I had lunch w him one time. He really didn’t eat anything. He said he didn’t really eat much but he still stayed big, said that was the way it was his whole life

 

[LionJim]

Dave was one of the first super big guys in the NFL. I had lunch w him one time. He really didn’t eat anything. He said he didn’t really eat much but he still stayed big, said that was the way it was his whole life

He was 6’8’’.

 

[LionJim]

Dave was one of the first super big guys in the NFL. I had lunch w him one time. He really didn’t eat anything. He said he didn’t really eat much but he still stayed big, said that was the way it was his whole life

Ernie Ladd (6’9”) and Buck Buchanan (6’7”) were two big guys, about a decade before Butz. Just saying.

 

[s1uggo72]

Ernie Ladd (6’9”) and Buck Buchanan (6’7”) were two big guys, about a decade before Butz. Just saying.

Good thing I said one of. Just saying

 

[LionJim]

Yes, but Buchanan and Ladd both came a decade before Butz. I wouldn't call Butz one of the first super big players. Ben Davidson was another tall player a decade before Butz. Lamar Lundy. Doug Atkins was 6'8", twenty years older than Butz.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Played against him twice in high school (basketball)…..he went to Maine South in Park Ridge then was a very good collegian player with Purdue before his illustrious NFL career.

 

[IrishHerb]

Played in a golf outing years ago with several of the Redskins, including Dave Butz. Seeing him in person, up close was amazing. He was HUGE!
Even his pinkie finger was bigger than my thumb.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Played in a golf outing years ago with several of the Redskins, including Dave Butz. Seeing him in person, up close was amazing. He was HUGE!
Even his pinkie finger was bigger than my thumb.

He was H U G E. And a year behind me, I graduated in 1968 he graduated in 1969.

I went on to KU and Bobby Douglass and John Riggins. I eventually learned how painful taking charges were!

 

[s1uggo72]

He was H U G E. And a year behind me, I graduated in 1968 he graduated in 1969.

I went on to KU and Bobby Douglass and John Riggins. I eventually learned how painful taking charges were!

My point was, he was huge!!! But he ate very very little Even for a normal sized person Hell I’ve had dates that have had more