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{{Short description|American football player (1948–2023)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Tim Foley
| image       = 1986 Jeno's Pizza - 43 - Dan Pastorini (Tim Foley crop).jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = Foley playing for the Miami Dolphins in 1978
| number      = 25
| position    = [[Cornerback]], [[Safety (football position)|Safety]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1948|1|22}}
| birth_place = [[Evanston, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2023|9|24|1948|1|22}}
| death_place = [[St. Augustine, Florida]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Loyola Academy]] {{nowrap|([[Wilmette, Illinois]])}}
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lbs  = 194
| college     = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]
| draftyear   = 1970
| draftround  = 3
| draftpick   = 55
| pastteams   = * [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year|1970|1980}})
| highlights  = * 2× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl VII|VII]], [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1980 Pro Bowl|1979]])
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1969 College Football All-America Team|1969]])
* 2× Second-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1967 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1967]], [[1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1969]])
| statlabel1  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue1  = 22
| statlabel2  = [[Fumble|Fumble recoveries]]
| statvalue2  = 8
| statlabel3  = [[Touchdown|Total TDs]]
| statvalue3  = 2
| pfr         = FoleTi00 
}}

'''Thomas David''' "'''Tim'''" '''Foley''' (January 22, 1948 – September 24, 2023) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[defensive back]] for the [[Miami Dolphins]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).

Foley starred at [[Loyola Academy]] in [[Wilmette, Illinois]], before playing [[college football]] for the [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue Boilermakers]], receiving [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors as a defensive back in 1969.<ref>[http://www.goramblers.org/HallofFame/memberprofile.asp?MemberID=104 Loyola Academy Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034145/http://www.goramblers.org/HallofFame/memberprofile.asp?MemberID=104 |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>  He then played 11 seasons (1970–1980) in the NFL, all of which were with the Dolphins.  He was named to the [[Pro Bowl]] in 1979.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207131407/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FOLEYTIM01 Career statistics]}}</ref>

1968 Academic All-America®
• 1969 Academic All-America®

Tim Foley was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 1997.

Foley was an analyst for [[TBS College Football]] as well as [[Miami Dolphins]] preseason.

Post career he worked as a college football analyst. He also was a Founder Crown Ambassador in the [[Amway]] business.

Tim Foley died at his home in [[St. Augustine, Florida]], on September 24, 2023, at the age of 75.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-26 |title=Tim Foley - Amway Top Leader - Passed Away |url=https://www.businessforhome.org/2023/09/tim-foley-amway-top-leader-passed-away/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Business for Home |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1948 births]]
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[[Category:Purdue Boilermakers football players]]
[[Category:Miami Dolphins players]]
[[Category:American Conference Pro Bowl players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Evanston, Illinois]]
[[Category:American football safeties]]
[[Category:American football cornerbacks]]
[[Category:College football announcers]]
[[Category:Loyola Academy alumni]]
[[Category:NFL announcers]]
[[Category:Miami Dolphins announcers]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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