Year Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1948 Fr * Tallahassee 1949 So * Tallahassee 1950 Jr * Tallahassee 1952 Sr-R * Tallahassee
| Sonny Tinney |
Full Name: Robert Lee Tinney
Born: February 6, 1929, Avon Park, Fla.
Died: January 16, 2003, Steinhatchee, Fla.
School: Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida
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| FSU Career |
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Year Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1948 Fr * Tallahassee 1949 So * Tallahassee 1950 Jr * Tallahassee 1952 Sr-R * Tallahassee |
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| Comments |
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Robert Tinney-Lee Obituary Published by Tallahassee Democrat on Jan. 31, 2003. STEINHATCHEE, Fla. - Robert "Sonny" Tinney-Lee, 73, a retired builder and land developer, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003. A native of Avon Park, Fla., and raised in Tallahassee, he graduated from Leon High School in 1948 and Florida State University in 1953. An expert swimmer, he appeared in many Tarzan and Esther Williams movies. While working in an Esther Williams movie in Weekiwachee Springs, he met the mother of his children, Nancy Fisher. He entered the construction industry and was one of the first builders in Cocoa, Fla., creating homes for the space industry employees. He developed on Cocoa Beach in Rockledge and created Rockledge Country Club. He moved to Ocala and developed the College Park subdivision and assisted in the development of Golden Hills Country Club Estates with his late wife Dorothy Goebel Lee, whom he lovingly cared for during her recent illness and passing. He then moved into his lovely Steinhatchee home directly on the river. He was a champion golfer, winning the intercollegiate championship while at FSU, and won many local championships, including the Golden Hills tournament at age 70 (He laughed at the one saying he beat the young "limber backs.") He beat the Bobby Jones record at Highlands, N.C., club by shooting a 65. Sonny loved bird hunting. He owned several airplanes, moving up from a Luscombe to a twin Cessna. He won skeet shooting tournaments and was an avid fisherman. He was a congenial host and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by a son, Robert Lee Jr. of Silver Springs, Fla.; a daughter, Alice Tinney of Elkin, N.C.; two brothers, Tommon Tinney and Jonathan Livingston; and several grandchildren. |
| Conference Awards |
| Golf |
Year Award 1949 Dixie Conference - Champion 1950 Dixie Conference - Champion |
| FSU Statistics |
| Golf |
Year Tournaments Rounds Par Low Strokes Wins Top10 Ave =========================================================== 1947-48 8 6.0 0 72 447 1 1 74.50 1948-49 11 13.0 5 70 952 1 1 73.23 1949-50 4 6.0 2 70 442 1 1 73.67 1951-52 12 14.0 4 69 1,011 1 1 72.21 ----------------------------------------------------------- Total 35 39 11 69 2,852 4 4 73.13 |
Date Opponent/Tournament Place Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total Par
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1947-48 Season
03/27/1948 Florida Intercollegiate 1 0 0
04/03/1948 Rollins College 0 0
04/22/1948 Mercer 74 74
04/24/1948 Georgia-Savannah 74 74
05/01/1948 Southern Intercollegiate 72 72
05/03/1948 Stetson 74 74 73
05/15/1948 Georgia-Savannah 75 75
05/23/1948 Rollins College 78 78
1948-49 Season
03/22/1949 Georgia 81 81
03/26/1949 Florida Intercollegiate 74 74 70 218 73
04/01/1949 Mercer 74 74 72
04/09/1949 Jacksonville NAS 75 75 72
04/15/1949 Southern College 73 73 72
04/22/1949 Southern College 70 70 72
04/23/1949 Stetson 0 0 74
04/30/1949 Southern Intercollegiate 0 0
05/13/1949 Jacksonville NAS 71 71 72
05/14/1949 Stetson 74 74 72
05/21/1949 Dixie Conference 1 72 73 71 216 72
1949-50 Season
05/04/1950 Rollins College 77 77
05/05/1950 Florida Southern Col 73 73
05/06/1950 Stetson 78 78
05/20/1950 Dixie Conference 1 73 71 70 214 72
1951-52 Season
03/13/1952 Jacksonville NAS 73 73
03/14/1952 Rollins College 73 73
03/15/1952 Stetson 72 72
03/19/1952 Miami 69 69
03/22/1952 Florida Intercollegiate 1 69 69 69 72 279 72
03/24/1952 Georgia Tech 72 72
03/25/1952 Georgia 74 74
04/28/1952 Mercer 0 0
04/29/1952 Georgia 0 0
04/30/1952 Auburn 0 0
05/03/1952 Southern Intercollegiate 75 74 77 226
05/10/1952 Jacksonville NAS 73 73
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