Tom Dunn

Tom Dunn (May 1, 1929-July 2, 2006) was an anchor and reporter at several New York and Florida television stations.

Dunn was born in Warwick, New York, and was a child actor at radio station WAAT in Newark, New Jersey. He started in television at WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida in 1959 after leaving the army. He served as press secretary to U.S. Representative (and later Senator) Ed Gurney (R-FL), then worked as an anchor and reporter for WTVT in Tampa, Florida from 1962 to 1964 before moving to WCBS-TV where he worked from 1964 to 1968. Mr. Dunn served in that same role for WABC-TV from 1969–1970 and at WOR-TV from 1971-1987. Among his duties at WOR was anchoring the long-running News at Noon. He later worked for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, where he did weekend evening and late night news until his retirement in the late 1990s.

Dunn died of esophageal cancer in Stuart, Florida on July 2, 2006.

His wife, Anna Dunn, reported that Richard Nixon asked Dunn to be his press secretary, but he turned down the position because he feared he might not be able to get back into television news if he took the job. Mr. Dunn was an avid sailor, skier, cooking enthusiast and voracious reader. Mr. Dunn also appeared in several motion pictures, including Turk 182 and Without A Trace.

Tom Dunn (golf course architect)

Thomas Dunn (29 December 1849 – May 1902) was a golfer, golf club maker and prolific architect of many golf courses in the early 20th century. Less celebrated than his contemporary, Old Tom Morris, Dunn created many functional layouts and helped lead the development of courses away from the coast into inland heathland locations, notably many around London. In total, Dunn had four top-10 finishes in the Open Championship.

Early life

Dunn was born in Musselburgh, the son of Willie Dunn Snr (1821–1878).

Willie Dunn Snr and his twin brother, Jamie, were notable golfers of their time, playing against Allan Robertson and Old Tom Morris. Willie was apprenticed under the Gourlay family. At the time of Tom's birth, Willie Dunn Snr was greenkeeper at Blackheath where he remained until 1864.

Dunn learned the game and family business of golf, including club manufacture and groundsmanship, from his father. Dunn also had an elder sister; Catherine (b. 1842 also in Musselburgh), and four younger sisters; Rebecca (b. 1852), Janet (b. 1854), Jemima (b. 1856) and Sarah (b. 1858). His younger brother, William (b. 1864), like his younger sisters, was also born at Blackheath.

Tom Dunn (rugby union)

Tom Dunn (born 12 November 1992 in Bath, England) is an English professional rugby union player. He plays at hooker for Bath.

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