Career
He is noted for a story regarding the 38th, 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.