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Hall of Fame

John Sikora

  • Class
    1993
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Highlights: Two-time All-American defensive lineman, two-time first team All-PSAC selection, two-time Arena Football League champion.
 
Sikora appeared in 41 career games as a defensive lineman over a four-year career at Slippery Rock from 1989-92. He recorded a total of 270 tackles, 37.0 tackles for loss, 13.0 sacks, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries, with most of those numbers coming over the last three years. He ranks 11th all-time at SRU in tackles for loss, 18th in total tackles and 23rd in sacks.
 
Sikora tallied 78 total tackles, 18.0 tackles for loss and 9.0 sacks on the way to earning first team All-PSAC and All-America honors as a junior in 1991. He followed that up by recording a career-high 100 total tackles as a senior in 1992 to go along with 13.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks on the way to his second straight All-PSAC and All-America nods.
 
Following his career at SRU, Sikora continued a playing career with multiple franchises in the Arena Football League. He won championships in 1999 as a member of the Albany Firebirds and in 2006 as a member of the Chicago Rush, a year in which he was named the Rush's Lineman of the Year.
 
Sikora serves as a youth counselor with the Alternative Community Resource Program and also dedicates his time to serving as a football and track and field coach at Central Cambria High School in Ebensburg. He and his wife, Stephanie, are the proud parents of three daughters, Jaylee, Jewel and Jemma.
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