Tunney Brooks

Alton Goodrich Brooks (Tunney)

• School Wake Forest University
• High School Charles Coon High School

• Born June 28, 1927 in Nash County, NC USA
• Died May 4, 2012 in Edenton, NC USA

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Biographical Information

Tunney Brooks was captain of the Wake Forest baseball and basketball teams when Wake Forest's baseball team was chosen as Team USA for the 1951 Pan American Games. They won a Silver Medal. He had a brief pro career, hitting .168/?/.238 in 32 games for the 1953 Mooresville Moors. He was baseball, basketball, football and golf coach at Lumberton High School from 1959-1989.

His brother Bill Brooks also played in the minors before coaching, Bill doing so at the college level.

Sources: A friend of a friend, Findagrave.com