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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1950|8|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ravenna, Ohio]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|22|1950|8|13}}
| death_place = [[Park City, Utah]]
| number = 50, 54
| position = [[Center (American football)|Center]]
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| college = [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]]
| draftyear = 1972
| draftround = 5 
| draftpick = 106
| pastteams = 
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|1972}}–{{NFL Year|1973}})
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1974}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})
|statlabel1=Games played
|statvalue1=176
|statlabel2=Games started
|statvalue2=104
| highlights = 
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1978 Pro Bowl|1979]], [[1981 Pro Bowl|1980]])
| nfl=2512745
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'''Thomas Denning''' "'''Tom'''" '''DeLeone''' (August 13, 1950 – May 22, 2016) was an [[American football]] center who played 13 seasons in the [[National Football League]], with the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[Cincinnati Bengals]].  He grew up in [[Kent, Ohio]] and graduated from [[Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio)|Theodore Roosevelt High School]] in 1968, where he was on the football, basketball, and track teams.  He played [[college football]] at [[Ohio State University]], where he was a starting center and an All-Big Ten and first-team All-American selection.  He later went on to work as a criminal investigator with  the [[U.S. Department of the Treasury]] rising to a Senior Special Agent position within the [[U.S. Customs Service]].  He worked in the US Customs Service, and he was a member of the FBI's [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]] in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the 2002 Olympic Games in Park City, Utah.  In 2003, The U.S. Customs Service became a part of the newly created [[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 School District|Kent City Schools]] Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kent.k12.oh.us/kcs/hof_archives.php |title=Kent City Schools Hall of Fame Archives |accessdate=2008-05-12 |format= |publisher=Kent City Schools |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016155022/http://kent.k12.oh.us/kcs/hof_archives.php |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2016/05/former_browns_center_tom_deleo.html|title=Former Cleveland Browns center Tom DeLeone, a two-time Pro Bowler, dies at age 65|work=cleveland.com|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref>

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