Palama wrote:One of the greatest MLB of all time dead at 80.
He truly personified “Monsters of the Midway”.
https://www.nfl.com/news/******-butkus-hall-of-fame-linebacker-and-bears-legend-dies-at-age-of-80
As a little kid, he was the first player I ever feared. Thought he'd hurt the Packers. Was a wounded Bear toward the end- his knee if I remember right.
Knew how to market himself with those Miller Lite conmmercials too.