Sidney Wallace Tinsley (January 14, 1920 – June 3, 2006) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

punter in the

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(NFL). Tinsley played for one season for the

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

. He played

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at Clemson.

College career

Tinsley played college football for the

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program. While at Clemson, Tinsley was a

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NFL career

After college, Tinsley played in the NFL for the

during their 1945 season. Although he was a running back at Clemson, the Steelers primarily used Tinsley as punter. Tinsley did rush the ball 5 times for 3 yards. Tinsley also recorded an interception and recovered a fumble. However, Tinsley's greatest accomplishment came through his punting, as he led the league in punts (57) and punting yards (2,308) in

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