 Tinsley, circa 1946 | |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1924-01-16)January 16, 1924 |
| Died: | July 17, 1989(1989-07-17) (aged 65) |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career history | |
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Phil R. Tinsley (January 16, 1924 – July 17, 1989) was anAmerican football player who was an All-Americanend for theGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team of theGeorgia Institute of Technology.
Tinsley initially attended theUniversity of Alabama inTuscaloosa, Alabama, where he played for theAlabama Crimson Tide freshman football team in 1942. He subsequently transferred to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, as a member of theV-12 Navy College Training Program – aWorld War II-era program to train commissioned officers for theU.S. Navy.[1]
At Georgia Tech, Tinsley played for coachWilliam Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the 1943 and 1944 seasons.[2] He was a prominent member of the Yellow Jackets teams that wonSoutheastern Conference (SEC) championships in 1943 and 1944, and were invited to back-to-back major post-seasonbowl games: theSugar Bowl (January 1, 1944) andOrange Bowl (January 1, 1945). Memorably, he caught a 46-yard touchdown pass fromEddie Prokop in the third quarter of the 1944 Sugar Bowl which provided the Yellow Jackets' margin of victory in their 20–18 win over theTulsa Golden Hurricane.[3]
Tinsley was a first-team All-SEC selection in 1943 and 1944.[2] He was the Yellow Jackets team captain during his 1944 junior season, and was recognized as a consensus first-teamAll-American, having received first-team selections from the All-America Board, the Associated Press (AP),Collier's Weekly, International News Service (INS),Look magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Central Press Association (CPA),Football News,The Sporting News, and Walter Camp.[2][4]
Tinsley was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1970.[2]