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In 1986 The University of Illinois retired the number 50 football jersey formally worn by none other than the great Dick Butkus. Butkus was only the second player in University of Illinois history to enjoy this honor. (Harold “Red” Grange was the other.) Two-time unanimously voted All-American (1963 and 1964), Butkus was inducted into the College Hall of Fame in 1983. Butkus also enjoyed the honors of The Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1963, the American Football Coaches Association Player of the Year in 1964. Butkus went on after college to enjoy a Hall of Fame career in the NFL.

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