Remembering Mick Tingelhoff’s Hall of Fame Career

August 5, 2015   ·   Brent Sobleski   ·   Jump to comments

Offensive linemen are often overlooked even on the NFL's best teams. Few of the game's top blockers receive the recognition they truly deserve. 
Center Mick Tingelhoff dominated in the middle of the Minnesota Vikings offensive line from 1962-78 yet remained overlooked for more than 30 years as a potential Hall of Fame inductee.
The call finally came to take his place among pro football's greats when Tingelhoff received notification last August that he was this year's lone induction nominee courtesy of the Hall of Fame's Seniors Committee.   
"It's great," Tingelhoff told TwinCities.com's Chris Tomasson upon his nomination. "I thought history had maybe forgotten me. I'm very happy."
Tingelhoff will enter the Hall of Fame as the 14th performer to have played center during his career. Very few, though, played at the same level for the same amount of time. 
"The best thing you can say about his game is he was a typical throwback linema...

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