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{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Gary Fencik
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| number      = 45
| position    = [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1954|6|11}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 1
| weight_lb   = 194
| high_school = [[Barrington High School (Lake County, Illinois)|Barrington]] {{avoid wrap|([[Barrington, Illinois]])}}
| college     = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]] (1972–1975)
| draftyear   = 1976
| draftround  = 10
| draftpick   = 281
| pastteams   =
* [[Miami Dolphins]] (1976)*
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1976|1987}})
| highlights  =
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1981 All-Pro Team|1981]])
* Second-team All-Pro ([[1985 All-Pro Team|1985]])
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1981 Pro Bowl|1980]], [[1982 Pro Bowl|1981]])
* [[Chicago Bears#Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time|100 greatest Bears of All-Time]]
* First-team All-East ([[1975 All-East football team|1975]])
| statlabel1  = Total [[Tackle (football move)#Gridiron football|tackles]]
| statvalue1  = 1,102
| statlabel2  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue2  = 38
| statlabel3  = Interception yards
| statvalue3  = 488
| statlabel4  = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue4  = 13
| statlabel5  = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]]
| statvalue5  = 2 <!-- Do not add pre-1982 sacks -->
| statlabel6  = Defensive [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue6  = 1
| pfr         = FencGa00 
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'''John Gary Fencik''' (born June 11, 1954) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[Safety (gridiron football position)|safety]] for 12 seasons with the [[Chicago Bears]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale Bulldogs]] and was selected by the [[Miami Dolphins]] in the 10th round of the [[1976 NFL draft]]. He was a once first-team [[All-Pro]] and twice [[Pro Bowl]] selection. Fencik is the Bears all-time leader in [[interception]]s<ref>{{cite web |last=Mayer |first=Larry |url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Tillman-repeats-stellar-performance/cd4329ee-7829-43f1-8286-e2262d28f33d |title=Tillman repeats stellar performance |publisher=[[Chicago Bears]] |access-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011012951/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Tillman-repeats-stellar-performance/cd4329ee-7829-43f1-8286-e2262d28f33d |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and total [[tackle (football move)|tackles]]. He was also part of the [[1985 Chicago Bears season|1985 Bears team]] that won the franchise's first [[Super Bowl]] title in the [[Super Bowl XX]].