Colin Tinsley

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Colin Tinsley
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-10-24) 24 October 1935 (age 88)[1]
Place of birth Redcar,[1] England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Redcar B.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1958 Grimsby Town 24 (0)
1958–1961 Darlington 79 (0)
1961–1963 Exeter City 56 (1)
1963–1968 Luton Town 55 (0)
1966–19?? Kettering Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Tinsley (born 24 October 1935) is an English former footballer who made 214 appearances in the Football League playing for Grimsby Town, Darlington, Exeter City and Luton Town in the 1950s and 1960s. A goalkeeper,[1] he also made 70 appearances in all competitions for Southern League club Kettering Town.[2]

Tinsley is an actively practising Christian.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Colin Tinsley". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Player Database: Colin Tinsley". poppiesfans.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ^ "One Life Church members give their time to others". Evening Gazette. Middlesbrough. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2014.