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{{InfoboxShort gridirondescription|American football personplayer (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
| name = Thom Dornbrook
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| name = Thom Dornbrook
| alt =
| number =63, 61
| caption =
|position=[[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| birth_date = {{birthBirth date and age|1956|12|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Berea, Ohio]]
|birth_place=[[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date =
| height_ft = 6
| death_place =
| height_in = 2
| team =
| weight_lb = 240
| number =
|high_school=[[North Hills High School|North Hills (PA)]]
| status =
| college = [[UniversityKentucky ofWildcats football|Kentucky]]
| position1 = Center, Guard
|undraftedyear=1978
| height_ft =
|pastteams=* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1978|1979}})
| height_in =
* [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year|1980}})
| weight_lb =
|highlights=* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]])
| college = [[University of Kentucky]]
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1977 All-SEC football team|1977]])
| NFLDraftedYear = 1979
|statlabel1=Games played
| NFLDraftedRound = Undrafted Free Agent
|statvalue1=20
| NFLDraftedPick =
|statlabel2=Games started
| NFLDraftedTeam =
|statvalue2=1
| playing_years1 = 1979
|pfr=DornTh20
| 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)|Centercenter]] and [[Guard (American football)|Guardguard]] 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 [[USFLUnited 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==
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[[Category:Michigan Panthers players]]
[[Category:Washington Federals/Orlando Renegades players]]
[[Category:Super Bowl champions]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Ohio]]