Denver Broncos: Looking back on team’s history with No. 15 overall pick
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With the No. 15 pick of the 1976 draft, the Broncos selected a guard, one whose name does not stand out 44 years later. In fact, there’s a good chance you have never even heard of Tom Glassic.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1954, Glassic attended the University of Virginia before the Broncos took him in the first round. He would become a staple of the team’s offensive line for nearly a decade.
In those days, the league named an All-Rookie Team, choosing one player at each position to fill out the roster. Glassic was one of the guards on that roster, which included the likes of Steve Largent, Chuck Muncie and Harry Carson.
Glassic would spend his entire eight-year career with the Broncos before he hung up the cleats following the 1983 season.
In total, he played in 105 games for the Broncos, making 92 career starts. He was also part of the team that went to the first Super Bowl in Broncos history in the 1977 season.
Glassic won’t be remembered as the best first-round pick in team history or even the best player on this list, but for a guard, he gave the Broncos many good years of service and came to play week in and week out for the team.
The team’s official website created a list of the five best interior offensive linemen in team history about four years ago and Glassic earned the No. 5 spot on that list.