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LSU All-Time Greatest: Tight End Nominations

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StadiumSalute It's Gameday!

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Nominations for tight end start now. Poll goes up tomorrow.

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Gotta throw David Lafleur out there.

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TexasTigers Are You With Me ?

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Brian Kinchen, Robert Royal

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Gaynell Tinsley -- College football Hall of Fame, 2X All American, All Pro
David Lafleur -- All-American
Brian Kinchen -- All-SEC

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Gotta have Brian Kitchen as the best all around LSU TE!

And Billy Cannon, if pro experience counts, just for the fun of it.

watson1880, Jul 27, 2009

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dickson-he will have lsu career rec, yds and td by te after 09. and the only top one with a ring.

lafleur
andrews
scott
kinchen

gotta admit im going mostly by stats here.

gumborue, Jul 27, 2009

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gumborue said: ↑

dickson-he will have lsu career rec, yds and td by te after 09. and the only top one with a ring.
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Tinsley played on LSU national championship teams in 1935 and 1936. They were his team.

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gumborue said: ↑

dickson-he will have lsu career rec, yds and td by te after 09. and the only top one with a ring.
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red55 said: ↑

Tinsley played on LSU national championship teams in 1935 and 1936. They were his team.
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Tough to bluff a guy who was at every game during those seasons.:hihi:

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red55 said: ↑

Tinsley played on LSU national championship teams in 1935 and 1936. They were his team.
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mobius481 said: ↑

Tough to bluff a guy who was at every game during those seasons.:hihi:
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its tough to compare TEs from the 30's and 90's. tinsley probably had no catches for his career. he was AA which obviously means a lot, but i cant find if it was for TE or DE.

are you really gonna count the 35 and 36 NCs?

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gumborue said: ↑

its tough to compare TEs from the 30's and 90's. tinsley probably had no catches for his career. he was AA which obviously means a lot, but i cant find if it was for TE or DE.
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Hello? 1936? He played end on defense and offense. Probably no catches for his career? Man, why don't you find out before you make a wild ass guess.

Gaynell Charles "Gus" Tinsley (February 1, 1915 - July 24, 2002) was an American football end and coach. He was a consensus All-American for Louisiana State in 1935 and 1936 and an All-NFL selection while playing for the Chicago Cardinals in 1937 and 1938. During his three years in the NFL, Tinsley set or tied NFL single-season records with 674 receiving yards in 1937 and 41 pass receptions in 1938. He later served as the head football coach at LSU from 1948-1954.

He was considered one of the greatest receivers in college football. As a junior in 1935, Tinsley was named as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, United Press, Liberty Magazine , Collier's Weekly, the Newspaper Editors Association, the International News Service, and the New York Sun. In 1936, Tinsley repeated as a first-team All-American with each of these publications and also received the first-team designation from the Central Press Association (selected by the captains of more than 50 college football teams at "important universities and colleges throughout the United States"), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

Tinsley's profile at the College Football Hall of Fame describes him this way: "Tinsley was a magnificent athletic specimen, standing 6-0, and weighing 196-pounds, size he used equally well as a defensive stalwart who was a blocking master." As a sophomore in 1934, Tinsley had a 65-yard pass reception (thrown by halfback Abe Mickal) against Southern Methodist University, which stood as a record for several years as "the longest pass in Southern football history." Tinsley's coach at LSU, Bernie Moore, once said, "Tinsley could have made All-American at any position. He was so tough, he made blockers quit. He's the greatest lineman I ever saw."

"Tinsley is widely considered to be among the finest athletes to ever play at LSU. The star end led the Tigers to their first two SEC titles and played in two Sugar Bowls. He earned All-SEC and All-American honors in 1935-36 for his ability to dominate a game on both sides of the ball. In 1936, he was also second in balloting for national MVP honors. ... At 6-3, 215 pounds, Tinsley was considered to the prototype end of his era because of his mobility."
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gumborue said: ↑

are you really gonna count the 35 and 36 NCs?
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Are you going to ignore them?

red55, Jul 27, 2009

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