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Chicka (other)
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Chicka is a nickname that is associated with the name Charles. People known by that name include the following: * Brian Moore (rugby league) (1944β2014), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach * Charles Cahill (rugby league) (1916β2007), Australian rugby league footballer * Charles Chicka Dixon (1928β2010), Australian Aboriginal activist and leader * John Ferguson (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian rugby league * Charles Kell (1905-1964), Australian rugby league player See also *Chic (nickname) *Chica (name) *Chick (nickname) * Chika (Igbo given name) * Chika (Japanese given name) *Chika (general name) *Chickie (nickname) Chickie is a feminine nickname. Notable people associated with this name include the following: Given name *Angela Marie Chickie Geraci Poisson, (born 1931), American field hockey player and coach *Jessie Wanda Chickie Williams (nΓ©e Crupe, 1919 β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Δearl'' or ''Δeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Moore (rugby League)
Brian "Chicka" Moore (19 April 1944 β 26 October 2014) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. Playing career Moore played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for Newtown from 1962 to 1973 - scoring 90 tries during his long and successful career. He represented New South Wales in 1963, 1965 and 1970. He also represented Australia, touring Great Britain and France with the 1967/68 Kangaroos, playing 11 minor tour matches but no tests. During the 1970s Moore captain-coached in the Newcastle Rugby League with the Macquarie United club. While playing football, Moore also served in the New South Wales Police Force The New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police Force; previously the New South Wales Police Service and New South Wales Police) is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Divided into Police Area Commands (P ... and in 2008, rugby league's centenary year in Australia, he was named at centre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cahill (rugby League)
Charles Lawrence "Chicka" Cahill (28 January 1916 β 14 July 2007) was an Australian premiership-winning rugby league footballer. He played in the forwards for the Newtown club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from 1941 to 1947. Playing career Born in Wickham, New South Wales, Cahill's first senior football was played in the Newcastle Rugby League with the Northern Suburbs club. He came to Sydney during WWII joining Newtown from the 1941 season. Cahill first enjoyed premiership success in the 1943 season with Newtown. His good form continued in the 1944 season, as he helped Newtown become minor premiers and runners-up. In the 1945 season Cahill was the competition's top try-scorer. He also represented New South Wales in the 1940s and was probably denied international representative honours due to the war. Coaching and Administrative career He took up coaching with the Thirlmere club in the Wollongong competition from 1948 to 1950. He then coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicka Dixon
Charles "Chicka" Dixon (5 May 1928 β 10 March 2010) was an Australian Aboriginal activist and leader. He was active in campaigns around the 1967 referendum and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, dedicating his life to the fight for basic human rights and justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In 1970 Dixon was instrumental in establishing Australia's first Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern; he co-founded the Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972. He was the first Aboriginal person to be appointed as a Councillor on the Australia Council and is a former Chairman of the Council's Aboriginal Arts Board. In 1983 Dixon was named the first Aboriginal of the Year. Dixon attended his first political meeting on his 18th birthday in 1946. Inspired by Jack Patten, an organiser of the 1938 Day of Mourning and the Aborigines Progressive Association, he has been politically active ever since. During the 1960s he was spokesperson for the Federal Council for the Advancement of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ferguson (rugby League)
John "Chicka" Ferguson (born 15 July 1954) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Newtown Jets, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and finally the Canberra Raiders, with whom he won the 1989 and 1990 NSWRL premierships. A prolific try-scorer, who topped the NSWRL's scoring list in 1988, Ferguson also played in England with Wigan, helping them to victory in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final. He has since been named in Australia's indigenous team of the century (1908β2008). Playing career Ferguson played at South Grafton Rebels as a junior and then as a first grader from 1972 to 1975. He then moved to play at Glen Innes from 1976 to 1980. He was then lured to play for Newtown Jets for the 1981 season. Ferguson played in his first Grand Final with Newtown in 1981 before moving to Easts. He l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kell
Charles Joseph Kell (1905-1964) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s. Playing career Charles 'Chick' Kell was a Newtown half-back that played nine season for the club between 1920 and 1928. 'Chick' Kell began his long career at the Camperdown Dragons junior club and made his way into grade in 1919. In 1927, a press report described him as "Newtown's longest serving player even though he only in his mid twenties". He was also described, along with South Sydney halfback 'Micky' O'Connor, as "the smallest player in first grade league football." After captaining the Newtown club on numerous occasions during his long career, 'Chick' Kell retired after the 1928 season due to injuries. Charles 'Chicka' Kell died on 28 September 1964, aged 59.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 30/9/1964 References 1905 births 1964 deaths Australian rugby league players Newtown Jets players Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Sydney {{Australia-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chic (nickname)
Chic is a nickname often associated with people named Charles. Notable people with this nickname include the following: * Charles David Chic Anderson (1931β1979), American sportscaster and public address announcer specializing in horse racing * Philip Desmond Chic Bates (born 1949), English former footballer and manager * Robert Charles Chic Breese (1871β1929), Australian rules footballer * Charles Thomas George Chic Brodie (footballer) (1937β2000), Scottish footballer * Charles Gilchrist Chic Brodie (politician) (1944β2022), member of the Scottish Parliament, 2011β2016 * Chic Burlingame, nickname of Charles Burlingame (1949β2001), American pilot * Chic Calderwood (1937β1966), Scottish boxer * James Callaghan Chic Charnley (born 1963), Scottish footballer * Chic Chocolate, born Antonio Xavier Vaz (1916 β May 1967), Goan trumpeter * Henry Ciccarone (1938β1988), American college lacrosse Hall-of-Fame head coach * Charles Chic Cicero (born 1936), American author * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chica (name)
Chica is a given name, surname and nickname. Notable people known by this name include the following: Nickname, pen name or stage name * Francisca Chica da Silva (c. 1732β1796), Brazilian born slave *Ada Jane Chica Macnab and later as Ada Munro, Scottish artist * Chica Paula Schopf, Chilean electronic music producer and DJ * Chica Umino, pen name of an anonymous Japanese manga artist * Francisca Chica Xavier (1932β2020), Brazilian actress and producer *NhΓ‘ Chica, actual named Francisca de Paula de Jesus (1810 β 1895), Brazilian Roman Catholic religious figure Given name *Chica Sato, Japanese musician and fashion model Middle name * Fernando Chica Arellano (born 1963), Spanish Roman Catholic priest and diplomat of the Holy See Surname Chica * Javi Chica (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Jorge Chica (1952β2020), Ecuadorian footballer and neurosurgeon * Patricia Chica, Canadian film and television director, producer and writer De Chica and De La Chica * Olga de Chica (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick (nickname)
Chick is a nickname, often for Charles. It may refer to: People Sports * Chick Autry (first baseman) (1885β1976), Major League Baseball player * Chick Autry (catcher) (1903β1950), American Major League Baseball player * Jimmy Childress (1932β2015), American football coach * Chick Cray (1921β2008), English cricketer * Chick Davies (1892β1973), American baseball player * Charles Doak (1884β1956), American college baseball player and head coach * Chick Evans Jr. (1890β1979), American amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame * Chick Evans (coach) (1901β1976), American college football, basketball, and baseball coach * Chick Fewster (1895β1945), Major League Baseball pitcher * Chick Fraser (1873β1940), Major League Baseball pitcher * Chick Fullis (1904β1946), Major League Baseball player * Chick Fulmer (1851β1940), Major League Baseball player * Chick Gandil (1888β1970), Major League Baseball player, ringleader of the players involved in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chika (Igbo Given Name)
Chika (''ChΓkΓ '') is an Igbo language, Igbo name meaning 'God is supreme', it's made of the words ''Odinani#Chi, chΓ'' 'God, universe, originator', and ''kΓ '' 'greater, superior' People * Chika (rapper), born Jane Chika Oranika, Nigerian-American rapper * Chika Amalaha (born 1997), Nigerian weightlifter * Chika Anadu, Nigerian filmmaker * Chika Chukwumerije (born 1983), Nigerian taekwondo practitioner * Victoria Chika Ezerim, Nigerian taekwondo practitioner * Chika Ike (born 1985), Nigerian entertainer and businessperson * Chika Lann, Nigerian filmmaker, actress, former model and television personality * Matthias Chika Mordi (born 1967), Nigerian Financial Expert * Chika Oduah (born 1986), Nigerian-American journalist * Chika Okeke-Agulu (born 1966), Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and blogger * Chika Okpala (born 1950), Nigerian comedian. * Chika Stacy Oriuwa, Nigerian-Canadian physician * Eze Chika Philip (born 1993), Nigerian footballer * Chika Unigwe (born 1974) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chika (Japanese Given Name)
is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters ε (chi) meaning "thousand", ζΊ (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or ζ£ (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with δ½³ (ka) meaning "good, fine" or θ± (ka) meaning "flower". Chika can also be written with many different kanji characters thus, giving the name various meanings. Possible writings in Japanese Chika can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *εδ½³, "thousand, excellence" *εε€, "thousand, summer" *εθ³, "thousand, celebration" *ει¦, "thousand, fragrance" *εθ±, "thousand, flower" *εθ―, "thousand, chinese flower" *εζ, "thousand, fruit" *η₯ι¦, "knowledge, fragrance" *η₯δ½³, "knowledge, excellence" *ζΊι¦, "wisdom, fragrance" *ζ, "love" ( nanori reading) The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People * Chika, a member of the Japanese girl group '' D&D'' * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese fencer * , Japanese women's footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chika (general Name)
Chika a given name or a nickname. It can be an Igbo given name or Japanese given name. It may be neither. Non-Igbo and Non-Japanese people using the name, include the following: Given name * Chika Emeagi (born 1979), Australian women's basketball player * Sriranga Chika Raya or Sriranga II (died 1614), Indian monarch Nickname * Chika (footballer), born Celso Cardoso de Moraes, (born 1979), Brazilian defender * Sisca Chika Jessica (born 1988), Indonesian actress See also * Chia (surname) * Chaika (surname) * Chiba (surname) * Chica (name) * Chicka (other) * Chida (surname) * Chika (other) Chika may refer to: People * Chika (Igbo given name) * Chika (Japanese given name) * Chika (general name) * Chika (footballer) (born 1979), Brazilian defender * Chika (rapper), Jane Chika Oranika, American rapper Other uses * Chika (software), a J ... * Chika (Igbo given name) * Chika (Japanese given name) * Chiki {{nickname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
