PHOENIX — Mick Tingelhoff’s Hall of Fame presenter will be hall of famer Fran Tarkenton.

That was the word from Tingelhoff’s wife, Phyllis, after the legendary Vikings center was named Saturday night for induction Aug. 8 into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Shortly after being announced for the Class of 2015 at the NFL Honors event in downtown Phoenix, Tingelhoff said he didn know who his presenter will be. However, Phyllis Tingelhoff said later in the evening it will be Tarkenton, Tingelhoff’s primary quarterback with the Vikings and a 1986 Hall of Fame inductee.

“Oh yeah, that’s what it should be,” Phyllis Tingelhoff said in a phone interview. “We’ve kind of talked about it with him. We always call on him when we have anything like that. He knows Mick as well as anybody. He’ll do a really good job. That will be great.”

Phyllis Tingelhoff had said prior to Tingelhoff being named Saturday that Tarkenton was the likely choice.

Tingelhoff played for the Vikings from 1962-78 but didn’t get in during 20 years on the regular Hall of Fame ballot. He was a Senior’s Committee finalist for the first time.

Phyllis Tingelhoff said she had thought for a while Tingelhoff wouldn’t make the shrine since no Hall of Fame official had called during the time period that was given for a finalist being told he had made it. Then, much to the surprise of the two, an official showed up at the door of their hotel room to tell Tingelhoff he had made it.

“I thought it was not going to work out or whatever, but it did,” she said. “That’s good.”

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