Phil R. Tinsley (January 16, 1924 – July 17, 1989) was an

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player who was an All-American

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for the

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team of the

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Biography

Tinsley initially attended the

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, where he played for the

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freshman football team in 1942. He subsequently transferred to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, as a member of the

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– a

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-era program to train commissioned officers for the

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. At Georgia Tech, Tinsley played for coach William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the 1943 and 1944 seasons.
2013 Georgia Tech Football Information Guide
', Georgia Tech Athletic Association, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 170, 174, 178, 183, 184 (2013). Retrieved August 17, 2014. He was a prominent member of the Yellow Jackets teams that won

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(SEC) championships in 1943 and 1944, and were invited to back-to-back major post-season

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s: the

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(January 1, 1944) and

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(January 1, 1945). Memorably, he caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from

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in the third quarter of the 1944 Sugar Bowl which provided the Yellow Jackets' margin of victory in their 20–18 win over the

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.Associated Press,
Ramblin' Wreck Smashes Tulsa In Last Quarter, 20–18
" ''Spartanburg Herald-Journal'', p. 14 (January 2, 1944). Retrieved August 17, 2014. Tinsley was a first-team All-SEC selection in 1943 and 1944. He was the Yellow Jackets team captain during his 1944 junior season, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-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.''2014 NCAA Football Records Book''
Award Winners
, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 3, 6, 14 (2014). Retrieved August 17, 2014. Tinsley was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Biography

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