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The Story And Significance Of Mick Tinglehoff - All-Pro Center For Six Consecutive Years
Henry Michael Tingelhoff was an American professional football player who was a center for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League from 1962 to 1978. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
After graduating from Nebraska, Tingelhoff entered the 1962 NFL draft but was not drafted and instead signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent in 1962. He became their starting center during his rookie season and held that spot until he retired in 1978. He never missed a game, starting 240 regular season games and 19 playoff games.
The Vikings won 10 division titles from 1968 to 1978 with Tingelhoff at center. Those Viking teams won four of the five NFL/NFC championships in which they participated, and played in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI, losing all four games.
Beginning in 1964, he was named first-team All-NFL seven consecutive seasons. He was also elected to the Pro Bowl six consecutive years from 1965 to 1970. He was named first-team All-Pro five times in the 1960s. In 1969, he was named to the 1,000-yard Club as the NFL's top blocker.
Tingelhoff was selected All-Pro by the Associated Press (AP) from 1964 to 1966 and 1968–1969; United Press International (UPI) from 1964 to 1969; the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) from 1965 to 1966, and 1968–1969; and was selected ALL-NFC by the AP in 1970. In 1967, he was named first-team All-Pro by the NEA and UPI and second-team All-Pro by the AP. In 1970, he was named first-team All-Pro by both the PFWA and Pro Football Weekly. He was also named second-team All-Pro by the NEA.
Tingelhoff was one of 11 players to have played in all four Vikings Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s, and is generally considered to have been the premier center of his era. At the time of his retirement he had started in the 2nd most consecutive games (240 games) in NFL history behind teammate Jim Marshall (270), and was tied for third as of 2020. He was inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor in 2001, and has had his No. 53 retired by the franchise.
Tingelhoff was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015. He is also a member of the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame (class of 1980).
In 2011, Tingelhoff was named as that year's recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Legends Award. The award was presented to him during the 12th Annual Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet on January 14, 2012, at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In 2003, he was named to the Professional Football Researchers Association Hall of Very Good in the association's inaugural HOVG class.
The hall of fame linebacker Dick Butkus (and member of the NFL's 100th Anniversary Team), said Tingelhoff was the “'toughest center I ever played against.'”
He died on September 11, 2021, from complications of Parkinson's disease and dementia. Tingelhoff had been among the first group of former players filing a concussion lawsuit against the NFL, alleging they were misled about the long-term effects of head injuries, which settled in 2013.
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