- Mick Tingelhoff
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Mick Tingelhoff No. 53 Center (football) Personal information Date of birth: May 22, 1940
Lexington, NebraskaCareer information College: Nebraska Undrafted in 1962 Debuted in 1962 for the Minnesota Vikings Last played in 1978 for the Minnesota Vikings Career history Career highlights and awards - 4× NFC Champion (1969, 1973, 1974, 1976)
- 6x Pro Bowl selection (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)
- 5x AP First-Team All-Pro selection 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
- 1x AP Second-Team All-Pro selection (1967)
- 1x AP First-Team All-NFC (1970)
- Vikings Ring of Honor
- Minnesota Vikings #53 retired
Stats at NFL.com Henry Michael "Mick" Tingelhoff (born May 22, 1940) is a former football center who played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1962-1978.
College career
Tingelhoff attended the University of Nebraska. He earned three letters during his football career there, but did not become a starter until his senior season in 1961. Mick was a co-captain of that 1961 team, which had its biggest offensive output in over five seasons.[1] Tingelhoff participated in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama and in the All-American Bowl after the regular season was over.
NFL career
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 was an AP First Team All-Pro selection for the first of five times in 1964 and also began a streak of six straight Pro Bowl appearances (1964–1969) that season. In 1967, he was named First Team All-Pro by Newspaper Enterprise Association and UPI and Second Team All-Pro by the AP. In 1969, he was named the NFL's Top Offensive Lineman of the Year by the 1,000-Yard Club in Columbus, Ohio.[2] 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 Newspaper Enterprise Association. He was named First Team All-NFC for that season by the AP.
Tingelhoff was one of 10 players to have played in all four Vikings Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s. At the moment of his retirement he had started in the 2nd most consecutive games (240 games) in NFL history behind teammate Jim Marshall (270). He was inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor in 2001 and has had his #53 retired by the franchise. He is also a member of the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame but has not yet been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
References
Minnesota Vikings Franchise Franchise • History • Expansion Draft • Players • Quarterbacks • Head coaches • Seasons • Statistics • DraftStadiums Metropolitan Stadium • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Temporary stadiums due to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse in 2010: Ford Field (December 13) • TCF Bank Stadium (December 20)
Proposed: New Vikings Stadium
Temporary stadium due to a conflict with a Minnesota Twins playoff game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1969: Memorial Stadium (October 5)Culture Rivalries Chicago Bears • Detroit Lions • Green Bay PackersLore Head coaches Division championships (18) Super Bowl appearances (4) Retired numbers Seasons 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010Current league affiliations League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: North DivisionMinnesota Vikings retired numbers #10 Fran Tarkenton • #53 Mick Tingelhoff • #70 Jim Marshall • #77 Korey Stringer • #80 Cris Carter • #88 Alan PageMinnesota Vikings Ring of Honor 1998 inductees 1999 inductees 2001 inductees 2002 inductees 2003 inductees 2004 inductees 2005 inductees 2006 inductees 2007 inductees 2008 inductees 2009 inductees 2011 inductees Categories:- 1940 births
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- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- People from Dawson County, Nebraska
- Western Conference Pro Bowl players
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