Dick Butkus started a campaign in mid-January making his case to get verified on Twitter. On Friday, the Chicago Bears legend within the end bought the blue checkmark subsequent to his title.
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Outdated Chicago Bears player Dick Butkus cheers sooner than the NFC Wild Card Playoff game towards the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field on January 06, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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After getting verified, Butkus directly went after Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and threatened to kick him off the social media scheme.
“Now that I in truth comprise the blue label I can kick participants off of the platform upright,” Butkus wrote. “You hear me @AaronRodgers12.”
Rodgers clearly didn’t capture the outing of his busy schedule to acknowledge to Butkus. The final time the Packers keep-caller despatched out a tweet turned into once assist on Jan. 7, when he tweeted referring to the video game “Halo Limitless.” Rodgers’ point of interest is on Saturday’s playoff game towards the San Francisco 49ers.
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Hall of Famer Dick Butkus is viewed at some stage within the Illinois Combating Illini and Michigan Wolverines game at Memorial Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Champaign, Illinois.
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After Butkus obtained some ideas from Packers fans, he regarded as if it could per chance per chance sarcastically insist regret.
“Sorry you are peaceful trapped in a kids physique,” Butkus wrote in one tweet.
“I’ll strive no longer to disappoint any of you however if I manufacture it’s too rattling obnoxious,” he wrote in a 2d one.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) is proven at some stage within the first half of an NFL soccer game towards the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz.
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Butkus, who performed nine seasons within the NFL, made eight Professional Bowls and turned into once named to 5 All-Professional teams at some stage in his profession with the Bears. The superstar linebacker turned into once inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1979, and his No. 51 jersey turned into once retired by the Bears.
