1969 Topps Dick Butkus #139 PSA 4

This 1969 Topps #139 card features Chicago Bears legendary middle linebacker Dick Butkus. Graded PSA 4 VG, this vintage issue captures one of the most dominant defensive figures in football history during the prime of his professional career.

Card Details

• Year: 1969
• Set: Topps
• Card Number: 139
• Parallel: Base
• Grading Company: PSA
• Grade: 4

Population Report

• Population at Grade: 123
• Population in Higher Grades: 893
• Total Graded Population: 1147

Career Highlights

• Played for Chicago Vocational High School in the Chicago Public League (1959).
• Played for the Sundodgers in baseball (1960).
• Played for the Illinois Fighting Illini in the NCAA (1962-1964).
• Played for the Chicago Bears in the NFL (1965-1973).
• Named Chicago's high school player of the year in 1959.
• Selected as an All-Big Ten player (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964).
• Won the Big Ten title and Rose Bowl with Illinois in 1963.
• Awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football and named Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player.
• Named College Football All-America Team consensus selection (1963, 1964).
• Honored as AFCA Player of the Year and Upward Mobility Lineman of the Year in 1964.
• Selected to eight consecutive NFL Pro Bowls (1965-1972).
• Earned First-team All-Pro honors and NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
• Named to the Big Ten Diamond Anniversary Team in 1970.
• Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
• Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
• Received the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award and named to the Walter Camp Foundation All-Century Team in 1989.
• Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1995.
• Inducted into the Illinois Athletics inaugural Hall of Fame Class in 2017.
• Set the Chicago Bears record for most career fumbles recovered.