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Line 1: {{Short description\|American football player (born 1956)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=June 2024}} ~~{{Infobox gridiron football person~~ {{Infobox NFL biography \| name = Thom Dornbrook ~~\| image =~~ \| ~~alt~~ number=63, 61 \|position=[[Guard (gridiron football)\|Guard]] ~~\| caption =~~ \| birth_date = {{~~birth~~Birth date and age\|1956\|12\|1\|mf=y}} \| birth_place = [[~~Berea~~Pittsburgh\|Pittsburgh, ~~Ohio~~Pennsylvania]], U.S. \| height_ft = 6▼ ~~\| death_date =~~ \| height_in = 2▼ ~~\| death_place =~~ \| weight_lb = 240▼ ~~\| team =~~ \|high_school=[[North Hills High School\|North Hills (PA)]] ~~\| number = 63, 61~~ \| college = [[~~University~~Kentucky ofWildcats ~~Kentucky~~football\|Kentucky]]▼ ~~\| status =~~ \|undraftedyear=1978 ~~\| position1 = Center, Guard~~ \|pastteams=* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year\|1978\|1979}}) ▲\| height_ft = 6 * [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year\|1980}}) ▲\| height_in = 2 \|highlights=* [[List of Super Bowl champions\|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XIV\|XIV]]) ▲\| weight_lb = 240 * First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams\|All-SEC]] ([[1977 All-SEC football team\|1977]]) ▲\| college = [[University of Kentucky\|Kentucky]] \|statlabel1=Games played ~~\| NFLDraftedYear = 1978~~ \|statvalue1=20 ~~\| NFLDraftedRound = Undrafted Free Agent~~ \|statlabel2=Games started ~~\| NFLDraftedPick =~~ \|statvalue2=1 ~~\| NFLDraftedTeam =~~ \|pfr=DornTh20 ~~\| playing_years1 = 1978-1979~~ ~~\| playing_team1 = [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]~~ ~~\| playing_years2 = 1980~~ ~~\| playing_team2 = [[Miami Dolphins]]~~ ~~\| career_highlights =~~ ~~\| DatabaseFootball = DORNBTHO01~~ }} '''Thomas Dornbrook''' (born December 1, 1956 ~~in [[Berea, Ohio]]~~) is a former professional [[American football]] player who played [[Center (American football)\|~~Center~~center]] and [[Guard (American football)\|~~Guard~~guard]] for two seasons for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].<ref name=surprise>{{cite news\|last=Eberson\|first=Sharon\|title=Dornbrook wasn't surprised\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wOpYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3090,2280602&dq=thom-dornbrook&hl=en\|accessdate=April 19, 2011\|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\|date=August 12, 1982}}</ref> In 1979, Dornbrook earned a ring in [[Super Bowl XIV]] over the [[Los Angeles Rams]]. He played for the [[Miami Dolphins]] in 1980.<ref name=surprise /> He later played in the [[~~USFL~~United States Football League]] (USFL) and won the 1983 USFL Championship as the starting center for the [[Michigan Panthers]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=SPORTS PEOPLE; Comings and Goings\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/31/sports/sports-people-comings-and-goings.html\|accessdate=April 19, 2011\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=January 31, 1984}}</ref> He played for Michigan in 1983 and 1984 and in 1985 for the [[Orlando Renegades]]. ==References==