Autographs of Gary Fencik
John Gary Fencik (born June 11, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 12 seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the 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 interceptions. At the time of his retirement from the NFL, Fencik was also the Bears' all-time leader in total tackles (since surpassed by Mike Singletary, then Brian Urlacher). He was also part of the 1985 Bears team that won the franchise's first Super Bowl title in the Super Bowl XX.
He played college football at Yale University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1976. In 1986, he received an MBA from Northwestern University. John Madden once said in a broadcast that "Gary Fencik played football at Yale; that is like saying clean dirt". At Yale, Fencik played wide receiver, catching 86 passes for 1,435 yards and 7 touchdowns from 1973 to 1975. In his senior season, Fencik caught 42 passes and led the Ivy League with 729 receiving yards.
Considered too slow to be an NFL receiver, the Miami Dolphins drafted Fencik in the tenth round of the 1976 NFL draft with the 281st overall selection, intending to convert him to defensive back. After rupturing his left lung in a preseason game against the New Orleans Saints, he was released in September and headed home to Chicago, planning to start a banking career until he received a job offer from the Chicago Bears.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Gary Fencik (Gary Fencik Signed Chicago Bears Jersey Inscribed SBXX (JSA COA) 2xPro Bowl D.B.) was sold in March 2026 for £185.65 while the cheapest item (Gary Fencik Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX 1985) found a new owner for £0.27 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (18) was March 2026 with an average selling price of £43.85 for an autographed item of Gary Fencik. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with £103.26 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.01 was January 2025. In average, an autographed item from Gary Fencik is worth £27.41.
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