Greg Buttle
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 20, 1954 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||||||||
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| College: | Penn State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick: 67 | ||||||||
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| Sacks: | 8.5 |
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| Interceptions: | 15 |
| Touchdowns: | 1 |
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Gregory Ellis Buttle (born June 20, 1954, in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is a retired American football linebacker for the New York Jets. He played college football at Penn State University. He was named a Consensus All-American in 1975. In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.
Buttle grew up in Linwood, New Jersey. While attending Mainland Regional High School in Linwood. Buttle not only excelled as a 4-sport letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track and field but also was a champion oarsman while on the Margate City Beach Patrol as well as participating in musical theatre. He is a member of the Ocean Rowing Hall of Fame.
A 1975 Consensus All-American, Buttle was also the captain of the Nittany Lions that year. Considered by Penn State coach Joe Paterno "as fine a linebacker as any prospect produced by this school," he still holds the school records for tackles in a game (24), and season (165). He stood atop the Penn State career tackles list for over 30 years (until Paul Posluszny surpassed his mark of 343 versus Wisconsin on November 4, 2006). In 2000 Buttle was honored with the Butkus Silver Anniversary Award, which honors the top college linebacker from 25 years ago. He has been named a Penn State All-Time NFL Player.
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