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From: MSN NicknameMarty-G  (Original Message)Sent: 2/26/2007 4:35 AM
Name the sports personalities associated with the following nicknames (they could be from any sport, any era, any team):

The Galloping Ghost
The Big Train
The Golden Jet
The Golden Boy
Sweetness
Big D
Danimal
Mongo
The Splendid Splinter
The Punky QB
Samurai Mike
The Brown Bomber
Slammin' Sammy
The Fordham Flash
The Baby Bull
The Mad Hungarian
Old Aches And Pains



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 Message 11 of 25 in Discussion 
From: MSN NicknameHerb-MSent: 3/1/2007 12:14 AM
Old Redhead--Red Barber

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From: frankgSent: 3/1/2007 7:44 AM
Uncle Robbie may have been Wilbert Robinson or Robertson- onetime Brooklyn Dodgers exec

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From: MSN NicknameTarver1Sent: 3/1/2007 2:18 PM
The Big M -- Melvin Moody, played by Matt Dillon in "My Bodyguard".

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From: MSN NicknameHerb-MSent: 3/1/2007 2:35 PM
Marse Joe---Joe McCarthy

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From: MSN NicknameMarty-GSent: 3/2/2007 1:32 AM
The an-suhs:

The Manassa Mauler----JACK DEMPSEY
The Chicken Man-------WADE BOGGS
Marse Joe-------------JOE McCARTHY
The Clown Prince of Hockey----EDDIE SHACK
The Big M-------FRANK MAHOVLICH
The Old Lamplighter----MONTREAL CANADIENS' COACH TOE BLAKE
The Gunner-----LEGENDARY PITTSBURGH PIRATES' ANNOUNCER BOB PRINCE
The Ole Redhead------RED BARBER
Uncle Robbie---------WILBERT ROBINSON




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From: MSN NicknameHerb-MSent: 3/2/2007 3:06 PM
Who was the Clown Prince of Baseball?

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From: MSN NicknameBronxBobby1Sent: 3/2/2007 3:34 PM
Bob Uecker

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From: frankgSent: 3/2/2007 8:23 PM
There was another guy- he had a short, mediocre playing career but became much better known as a clown-like entertainer. I can't think of his name.

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From: MSN NicknamehighlandjoeSent: 3/2/2007 8:51 PM
Yeah I remember him also. He had a huge nose, wore a uniform with a think 1/2 on his back and clowned around on the field before some Yankee games.

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From: frankgSent: 3/2/2007 10:22 PM
0K, I cheated, looked it up on Google- Max Patkin. Thay explains the big nose.

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From: frankgSent: 3/2/2007 10:23 PM
meant to say "that"

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From: MSN NicknameMarty-GSent: 3/3/2007 3:02 AM
The guy with the 1/2 and the big nose was Max Patkin.

The Clown Prince of Baseball was Al Schacht.

The Clown Princes of Baseball were the 1962 New York Mets.

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From: frankgSent: 3/3/2007 7:41 AM
Apparently the Clown Prince title was applied to Patkin as well.

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From: MSN NicknameHerb-MSent: 3/3/2007 5:18 PM
In my day the Crown Prince was Al  Schact

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From: MSN NicknameMontroseCrotonSent: 3/3/2007 11:35 PM
I believe that the clown prince was Al Schacht. He was a not very great basball player who dressed as a baseball clown. I think that he performed at ballgames during the 1940s and 1950s.

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