Bob "Butterbean" Love passes away at 81

[MalagaBulls]

A true Bulls legend! RIP Butterbean.

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[Almost Retired]

My fandom of the Bulls began in the era of Bob Love, Chet Walker, Jerry Sloan, Norn Van Lier, Tom Boerwinkle....tickets were cheap, they played the game hard. Bob Love overcame a lot after his career. A terrible speech impediment saw him working in low level jobs. With help he overcame that and became an honorable representative of the Bulls and the league. I remember his jump shot was so flat but he managed to make a lot of them. RIP to a great player and a good man.

[Moon]

Bob Love was a true gentleman who represented positive qualities. He interacted with children with respect and provided inspiration for them to succeed. He will be missed!

[drosestruts]

Such a friendly guy. If you had the opportunity to sit in a suite at the UC it seemed common (at least based on my limited experience doing so) that Bob Love would stop by the different suites to say hello to everyone. He always seemed very excited to be recognized as my guess is most suites are corporate outings where people aren't necessarily Bulls fans who would recognize Bob Love.

He was happy to chat a little, take a photo, and would ask you questions about yourself as well.

Just a genuinely nice and great guy on top of being a fantastic basketball player

[MalagaBulls]

My fandom of the Bulls began in the era of Bob Love, Chet Walker, Jerry Sloan, Norn Van Lier, Tom Boerwinkle....tickets were cheap, they played the game hard. Bob Love overcame a lot after his career. A terrible speech impediment saw him working in low level jobs. With help he overcame that and became an honorable representative of the Bulls and the league. I remember his jump shot was so flat but he managed to make a lot of them. RIP to a great player and a good man.

Amen to that era of Bball when they played hard & defense mattered. Not the chucking garbage of today.

[Dresden]

My fandom of the Bulls began in the era of Bob Love, Chet Walker, Jerry Sloan, Norn Van Lier, Tom Boerwinkle....tickets were cheap, they played the game hard. Bob Love overcame a lot after his career. A terrible speech impediment saw him working in low level jobs. With help he overcame that and became an honorable representative of the Bulls and the league. I remember his jump shot was so flat but he managed to make a lot of them. RIP to a great player and a good man.

I'm of the same generation. That was a great era for the Bulls, and also a heartbreaking one, as they could never beat the Bucks (with Kareem and Oscar Robertson), and then lost that series to the Warriors after being up 3-2 that would have gotten them to the Finals. Love was the scoring star of those teams, and he helped them win a lot of games. Sad to hear him pass, he sounded like a wonderful human being in addition to being a great basketball player.

[Stratmaster]

My fandom of the Bulls began in the era of Bob Love, Chet Walker, Jerry Sloan, Norn Van Lier, Tom Boerwinkle....tickets were cheap, they played the game hard. Bob Love overcame a lot after his career. A terrible speech impediment saw him working in low level jobs. With help he overcame that and became an honorable representative of the Bulls and the league. I remember his jump shot was so flat but he managed to make a lot of them. RIP to a great player and a good man.

He was my first favorite Bulls player ever. Geesh where did the decades go?

[Indomitable]

Such a friendly guy. If you had the opportunity to sit in a suite at the UC it seemed common (at least based on my limited experience doing so) that Bob Love would stop by the different suites to say hello to everyone. He always seemed very excited to be recognized as my guess is most suites are corporate outings where people aren't necessarily Bulls fans who would recognize Bob Love.

He was happy to chat a little, take a photo, and would ask you questions about yourself as well.

Just a genuinely nice and great guy on top of being a fantastic basketball player

He must have some Jon Jones in him.

Rip Bob Love

[Gant]

I saw him play many games. He was a smooth, talented, graceful, and always effective player.

That was a fun team with Love, Chet Walker, Van Lier and Sloan.