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Dick Butkus (RIP) was the Saints radio color commentator for weeks 1-8 in the 1976 season.

Posted on 10/7/23 at 1:23 am
Posted by percy
Member since Nov 2013
315 posts
Posted on 10/7/23 at 1:23 am
I remember laughing as a kid listening to Butkus on WGSO radio in NOLA because he would get so frustrated with some of the mistakes the Saints would make on the field!(Wayne Mack did the play by play). Can't remember why he only worked for half if that one season.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
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Member since Aug 2019
7987 posts
Posted on 10/7/23 at 3:43 am to
Not sure but apparently he was in a movie I never heard of called Superdome around the same time.

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Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12665 posts
Posted on 10/7/23 at 10:17 am to
Yes.
There is a good article about this on Crescent City Sports .com. crescentcitysports.com
Posted by Gavin Elster
Member since Mar 2020
2574 posts
Posted on 10/7/23 at 11:20 am to
That’s funny, I never knew he was involved with the Saints.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17249 posts
Posted on 10/7/23 at 1:07 pm to
I had forgotten he was a regular on My Two Dads with Paul Reiser and the BJ & The Bear guy.
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
64582 posts
Posted on 10/7/23 at 3:13 pm to
Cool article. Man I grew up watching that guy. Was a absolute terror on the field. Ray Lewis type of meaness and always around the ball.
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