Tom DeLeone

Games played:	176
Games started:	104

Tom DeLeone
No. 50, 54
Position:	Center
Personal information
Born:	August 13, 1950; Ravenna, Ohio, U.S.
Died:	May 22, 2016 (aged 65); Park City, Utah, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Theodore Roosevelt (OH)
College:	Ohio State
NFL draft:	1972 / Round: 5 / Pick: 106
Career history
	Cincinnati Bengals (1972–1973); Cleveland Browns (1974–1984);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Pro Bowl (1979, 1980); George Halas Award (1977); Cleveland Browns Legends; National champion (1970); First-team All-American (1971);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	176
Games started:	104
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Thomas Denning DeLeone (August 13, 1950 – May 22, 2016) was an

Department of Homeland Security and he retired from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2007. He is a 2002 inductee of the Ohio State University Football Hall of Fame and a 2003 inductee of the Kent City Schools Hall of Fame.^[1]

DeLeone, a key member of the 1980 Cleveland Browns Kardiac Kids, died on May 22, 2016, at his home in Park City, Utah following a five-year battle with brain cancer. He was 65. DeLeone was married, with three children. His middle child, Dean DeLeone, played football for Arizona State.

Before his death, he worked as a substitute teacher at Park City High School and Treasure Mountain International School in Park City, where he had also volunteered as an assistant coach on the football team, sharing his love of football with the young students he coached and mentored.^[2]

DeLeone was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Kent City Schools Hall of Fame Archives". Kent City Schools. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "Former Cleveland Browns center Tom DeLeone, a two-time Pro Bowler, dies at age 65". cleveland.com. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
^ "The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
^ Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[1] "Kent City Schools Hall of Fame Archives". Kent City Schools. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

[2] "Former Cleveland Browns center Tom DeLeone, a two-time Pro Bowler, dies at age 65". cleveland.com. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[3] "The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[4] Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

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