Bill Hinds (born April 21, 1950, in Houston, Texas) is an American sports cartoonist, whose work includes the sports cartoon feature Buzz Beamer, and the syndicated comic strips Cleats and Tank McNamara.
[2] His work featuring Buzz Beamer appears each month in Sports Illustrated Kids.
His drawings can also be found on the magazine's website, on which his characters also appear in games and animated cartoons.
Hinds is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin University and has held seats on the National Cartoonists Society and the Newspaper Features Council.
Hinds lives with his wife, Lisa, and their three children (Sam, Hannah and Grace) in Spring, Texas.