Buddy Tinsley
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Jankovich on a 1950 Bowman football card | |
| Date of birth: | August 16, 1924 |
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| Place of birth: | Damon, Texas |
| Date of death: | September 14, 2011 (aged 87) |
| Place of death: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Career information | |
| CFL status: | National |
| Position(s): | DT |
| College: | Baylor |
| NFL Draft: | 1948 / Round: 7 / Pick: 54 |
| Drafted by: | Philadelphia Eagles |
Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1949 1950–1960 |
Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| CFL West All-Star: | 1950–1952, 1955–1958 |
Career stats | |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley (August 16, 1924 – September 14, 2011) was a Canadian Football League offensive lineman for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1982, and was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hall of Fame, the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and the Baylor University Hall of Fame.
He is noted for a story regarding the 38th Grey Cup, known as the "Mud Bowl" because of poor weather/field conditions. "As the legend goes, Tinsley, a rookie Bomber lineman, was face down in the muck and water, gasping for breath when an alert official pulled him from his murky grave".[1]
Tinsley died on September 14, 2011, aged 87, from undisclosed causes, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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