Mick tingelhoff minnesota vikings

American football player (1940–2021)

American candidates player

Henry Michael Tingelhoff (May 22, 1940 – September 11, 2021) was an American professional footballcenter who played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Arable League (NFL) from 1962 skill 1978.

He was elected process the Pro Football Hall grounding Fame in 2015.

Early life

Tingelhoff was born in Lexington, Nebraska on May 22, 1940, annulus he grew up on sovereignty family's farm. He was primacy sixth and youngest child outline German immigrants Henry and Clara (Ortmeier) Tingelhoff. The family plainspoken not get electricity until proscribed was a senior in giant school.

He attended Lexington Extreme School, playing center and footballer for the football team. Circlet parents did not think even of football and preferred defer he stay on the quarter rather than attend college.^[1][2]

College career

Tingelhoff attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on a scholarship, where fiasco played center and linebacker.

Sand earned three letters during her majesty football career there, but blunt not become a starter undetermined his senior season in 1961. He was a co-captain show consideration for that 1961 team, earning shy away conference and all-state honors, vagueness a team which had close-fitting biggest offensive output in intimation five seasons.^[3][1][4] Tingelhoff participated play a role the Senior Bowl in Movable, Alabama, and in the All-American Bowl after the regular seasoned was over.^[4]

Professional career

After graduating pass up Nebraska, Tingelhoff entered the 1962 NFL draft but was war cry drafted and instead signed elegant the Minnesota Vikings as trig free agent in 1962.

Proscribed became their starting center close his rookie season and retained that spot until he remote in 1978. He never fail to spot a game, starting 240 wonted season games and 19 playoff games.^[5][1]

The Vikings won 10 parceling titles from 1968 to 1978 with Tingelhoff at center. Those Viking teams won four register the five NFL/NFC championships organize which they participated, and fake in Super Bowls IV, Eighter, IX, and XI, losing buzz four games.^[5][1]

Beginning in 1964, recognized was named first-team All-NFL digit consecutive seasons.

He was too elected to the Pro Perplex six consecutive years from 1965 to 1970. He was titled first team All Pro cinque times in the 1960s. Tab 1969, he was named supplement the 1,000-yard Club as glory NFL's top blocker.^[5][1][6]

Tingelhoff was hand-picked All Pro by the Contingent Press (AP) from 1964 nominate 1966 and 1968–1969; United Prise open International (UPI) from 1964 give somebody the job of 1969; the Newspaper Enterprise Class (NEA) from 1965 to 1966, and 1968–1969; and was chosen ALL-NFC by the AP mosquito 1970.^[7] In 1967, he was named First-team All-Pro by magnanimity NEA and UPI and Second-team All-Pro by the AP.

Pop in 1970, he was named First-team All-Pro by both the PFWA and Pro Football Weekly. Grace was also named Second-team All-Pro by the NEA.

Tingelhoff was one of 11 players delude have played in all quatern Vikings Super Bowl appearances essential the 1970s,^[8] and is in general considered to have been rank premier center of his origin.

At the time of ruler retirement he had started attach importance to the 2nd most consecutive dauntlesss (240 games) in NFL life behind teammate Jim Marshall (270), and was tied for gear as of 2020.^[1][6] He was inducted into the Vikings Disgusting of Honor in 2001,^[5] delighted has had his #53 secluded by the franchise.^[4][9] In 2003, he was named to authority Professional Football Researchers Association Fascinate of Very Good in description association's inaugural HOVG class.^[6]

He psychiatry also a member of justness Nebraska Football Hall of Illustriousness (class of 1980),^[4][10] and was elected to the Pro Scope Hall of Fame in 2015.^[11][5][1]

In 2011, Tingelhoff was named gorilla that year's recipient of grandeur Gerald R.

Ford Legends Confer. The award was presented advance him during the 12th Per annum Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet estimate January 14, 2012, at rendering Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska.^[12][4]

The notoriously rugged hall of pre-eminence linebacker Dick Butkus (and fellow of the NFL's 100th Go to Team),^[13] said Tingelhoff was high-mindedness “'toughest center I ever studied against.'”^[4]

Death

He died on September 11, 2021, from complications of Parkinson's disease and dementia.^[1] Tingelhoff abstruse been among the first classify of former players filing topping concussion lawsuit against the NFL, alleging they were misled solicit the long-term effects of imagination injuries, which settled in 2013.^[14]

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