James W. Kynes
| James W. Kynes | |
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| Attorney General of Florida | |
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In office 1964–1965 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Ervin |
| Succeeded by | Earl Faircloth |
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August 31, 1928 Marianna, Florida |
| Died | October 14, 1988 (aged 60) Tampa, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Lawyer |
James Walter Kynes, Jr. (August 31, 1928 – October 14, 1988), nicknamed Jimmy Kynes, was an American college and professional football player, lawyer, political appointee and corporate executive. Kynes also served as the Florida Attorney General.
Kynes was born in the small town of Marianna, Florida, located in the Florida Panhandle, in 1928. He attended Marianna High School, where he was received all-state recognition playing for the Marianna Bulldogs high school football team. Kynes graduated from Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia, where he received Virginia all-state football honors playing for the Fork Union Blue Devils.
Kynes attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Bear Wolf's ironically named "Golden Era" Florida Gators football team from 1946 to 1949. Kynes played both offense and defense, and was a third-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) lineman and the Gators' team captain in 1949. Memorably, in 1949, he played a key defensive role in the Gators' 28–7 upset of the Georgia Bulldogs and was the last Gator football player to play every minute of an entire sixty-minute game. He also played for coach Sam J. McAllister's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 1946 to 1950.
Kynes was an outstanding student and was honored as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida College of Business Administration in 1950, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1976. All three of Kynes' sons also played football for the Gators in the 1970s. In a series of articles written for The Gainesville Sun in 2006, Kynes was ranked as No. 91 of the 100 greatest players in the first 100 years of Florida Gators football.
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