Career
Pinsky coached Dick McAuliffe, who played with the Detroit Tigers. Pinsky was named the outstanding coach for the year 1965 by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association after winning his second state title that year. In 1986, Pinsky was named to the Hall of Fame for Greater Hartford Jewish Athletes.
Also in 2003 he was inducted into the Hartford Public High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Pinsky was a three-sport athlete at Hartford High School (C "44) and played both baseball and football at the University of Connecticut (C "50). In five years he never had a punt blocked.
Pinsky was drafted into the United States Marine Corps in the fall of his freshman year of college. He went through basic training at Parris Island and also trained at Camp Lejeune under the legendary Marine officer Lewis "Chesty" Puller.
