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Mick Tingelhoff: 2015 HOF Finalist



Having a lot of fun doing our Baseball debates with two of my bloggers, DDT and the Phillies Archivist, I wanted to repeat the same idea with this year’s Football Finalists, but due to time constraints I will take a deeper look at each candidate myself and offer a few thoughts as to their Hall of Fame candidacy

Next, I take a look at former Center, Mick Tingelhoff.

Tingelhoff is part of all four Minnesota Vikings teams in the 1970’s that made it to the Super Bowl, though failed to win the big one.  Saying that, while he was still regarded as an above average Center in the National Football League, it was in the 1960’s that he was an elite performer. 

That decade, Tingelhoff went to six Pro Bowls, five of which saw him named as a First Team All Pro Selection.  His overall durability saw him play 240 consecutive games, all of which as a starter, a mark that at the time of his retirement placed him second overall. 

Tingelhoff, who is already in the Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor and has had his number retired by the organization, has long been a player that Vikings fans have been clamoring for to enter the Hall of Fame, and history shows that they will likely get what they want.


Over 65 percent of past Senior Candidates have gotten in, and now with their being only one on the ballot, many, including us think that Tingelhoff will no longer be on the outside looking in, which is how it should have been for years.






Last modified on Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:48
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