Buddy Tinsley
American-born Canadian football offensive lineman
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| Intro | American-born Canadian football offensive lineman | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 16 August 1924, Damon | |
| Death | 14 September 2011 (aged 87 years) |
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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".
Tinsley died on September 14, 2011, aged 87, from undisclosed causes, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.