Thomas D. Stincic is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player. A native of Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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, he attended John Marshall High School. He then enrolled at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 where he played college football, principally as a linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

, from 1966 to 1968. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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 in the third round (68th overall pick) of the 1969 NFL Draft

1969 NFL Draft

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. He played professional football as a linebacker for four seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 for two different teams. He played in 35 regular season games from 1969 to 1971 and won a Super Bowl ring

Super Bowl ring

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 with the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

 in 1971

Super Bowl VI

Super Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1971 regular season...

 and finished his career with seven games with the 1972 New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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. After his NFL career he coached high school football and taught social studies at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona

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in the 1980s including coaching the football team to the state playoffs in 1983.