![]() |
|||||||||
No. 56, 55 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | November 24, 1946 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 229 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | John Marshall | ||||||||
College: | Michigan | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 3 / Pick: 68 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 42 |
---|---|
Games started: | 4 |
Interceptions: | 1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Thomas Dorn Stincic (born November 24, 1946) is a former American football player. He played college football, principally as a linebacker, at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1968. He also played professional football as a linebacker for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Stincic attended John Marshall High School.
Stincic enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1965 and played football for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1966 to 1968. As a sophomore in 1966, he saw limited action in four games.
As a junior in 1967, Stincic started two games at defensive end and four games at linebacker. He had a career-high ten tackles against Illinois. As a senior, he totaled 55 tackles and 47 assists as a starting linebacker for the 1968 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled an 8-2 record and finished ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll. He received All-Big Ten honors in both 1967 and 1968.
Stincic was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (68th overall pick) of the 1969 NFL Draft. He spent three seasons serving as the backup to middle linebacker Lee Roy Jordan, appearing in 35 games, and playing with the Super Bowl VI championship team.