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Mule (nickname)
As a nickname, Mule may refer to: In music * Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz bassist * Henry Townsend (musician) (1909–2006), American blues singer, guitarist and pianist In sports Baseball * George Mule Armstrong (1885–1954), American Negro League baseball player * Dick Dietz (1941–2005), American Major League Baseball player * George Mule Haas (1903–1974), American Major League Baseball player * John "Mule" Miles (1922–2013), American Negro League baseball player * Ernest Mule Shirley (1901–1955), American Major League Baseball player * Joe Sprinz (1902–1994), American Major League Baseball player * George Mule Suttles (1901–1966), American Negro League baseball player * John Mule Watson (1896–1949), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Milt Watson (1890–1962), American Major League Baseball player American football * Herschel Stockton (1913–1965), American National Football Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, and also from a title (for example, City of Fountains), although there may be overlap in these concepts. Etymology The compound word ''ekename'', literally meaning "additional name", was attested as early as 1303. This word was derived from the Old English phrase ''eac'' "also", related to ''eacian'' "to increase". By the 15th century, the misdivision of the syllables of the phrase "an ekename" led to its rephrasing as "a nekename". Though the spelling has changed, the pronunciation and meaning of the word have remained relatively stable ever since. Conventions in various languages English nicknames are generally represented in quotes between the bearer's first and last names (e.g., '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Holley
Major "Mule" Holley Jr. (July 10, 1924 – October 25, 1990) was an American jazz upright bassist. Biography Holley was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He attended the prestigious Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Holley played violin and tuba when young. He started playing bass while serving in the Navy, playing in the Ships Company A Band at Camp Robert Smalls, which was led by Leonard Bowden and included Clark Terry, and several other musicians recruited from civilian dance bands.Floyd, Samuel A. “An Oral History: The Great Lakes Experience,” in ''The Black Experience in Music'' 11.1: (Spring 1983): pp. 41-61. In the latter half of the 1940s, he played with Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald; in 1950 he and Oscar Peterson recorded duets, and he also played with Peterson and Charlie Smith as a trio. He was married to Minnie Walton (born Millicent Aitcheson). In the mid-1950s, he moved to England and worked at the BBC. Upon his return to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Townsend (musician)
Henry "Mule" Townsend (born Henry Jesse James Townsend; October 27, 1909 – September 24, 2006) was an American blues singer, guitarist and pianist. Career Townsend was born Henry Jesse James Townsend in Shelby, Mississippi to Allen and Omelia Townsend. His father was a blues musician who played guitar and accordion. When Henry was young, his family moved near Cairo, Illinois. Henry left home at the age of nine because of his abusive father and hoboed his way to St. Louis, Missouri. He learned guitar while in his early teens from a locally renowned blues guitarist known as Dudlow Joe. With aspirations to earn a living with his guitar, Townsend also worked as an auto mechanic, a shoe shiner, a hotel manager, and a salesman. By the late 1920s he had begun touring and recording with the pianist Walter Davis and had acquired the nickname Mule, because he was sturdy in both physique and character. In St. Louis, he worked with some of the early blues pioneers, including J. D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mule Armstrong
George Isaac "Mule" Armstrong (July 28, 1885 – April 27, 1954) was a Negro leagues catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. While catching for the Buxton Wonders, a traveling team from Buxton, Iowa, Armstrong and teammate Lefty Pangburn were picked up by the St. Paul Colored Gophers where he played for two seasons in 1910 and 1911 (the second season the team changed their name to the Twin Cities Gophers). In 1912, he and fellow players Dicta Johnson and Bee Seldon moved to the French Lick Plutos of Indiana. Armstrong and Bingo DeMoss moved to the Chicago Giants The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921. History The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Giant ... in the following year. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, George 1885 births 1954 deaths People fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Dietz
Richard Allen Dietz (September 18, 1941 – June 28, 2005) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1966 to 1973, most prominently as a member of the San Francisco Giants where he was an All-Star player and was a member of the team that won the 1971 National League Western Division title. He also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. After his playing career, Dietz worked as a minor league manager in the Giants organization. Playing career Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Dietz was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent out of Greenville, South Carolina before the start of the 1960 season. He showed some promise as a hitter, posting a .354 batting average with 35 home runs and 101 runs batted in while playing for the El Paso Sun Kings in the Texas League in 1963. Dietz made his major league debut with the Giants on June 18, 1966 at the age of 24. Nicknamed ''Mule'', h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mule Haas
George William "Mule" Haas (October 15, 1903 – June 30, 1974) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1925 through 1938, most notably as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1929 to 1931 and won the World Series in 1929 and 1930. Professional baseball career Haas was born in Montclair, New Jersey and attended Montclair High School (New Jersey), Montclair High School. He left school to play for a local semi-pro team. Haas was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1923 and, after three seasons spent playing in the Minor league baseball, minor leagues, he made his major league debut with the Pirates on August 15, 1925 at the age of 21. He appeared in four games for the Pirates but, was not on the team's roster when the Pirates defeated the Washington Senators in the 1925 World Series. His contract was then sold to the Atlanta Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John "Mule" Miles
John "Mule" Miles (August 11, 1922May 24, 2013) was a professional baseball player who played with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro leagues from 1946-1949. Nicknamed the "Mule" by his manager Candy Jim Taylor after hitting two home runs in one ball game. Taylor commented that Miles "hit like a mule kicks". Miles is legendary for hitting 11 home runs in 11 straight games. John Miles played alongside baseball stars Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and Monte Irvin. He performed at Yankee Stadium, the Polo Grounds, Comiskey Park, and Griffith Stadium among others. Miles was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame in Dallas, Texas on November 4, 2000. He was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame at the Alamodome on February 7, 2003. On June 5, 2008, Miles and 29 other former living Negro league players were "drafted" by each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams in a recognition of the on-field achievements and histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mule Shirley
Ernest Raeford "Mule" Shirley (May 24, 1901 – August 4, 1955) was a Major League Baseball player who played first base during parts of the and seasons. He batted and threw left-handed. For the 1924 Washington Senators, he logged 100 regular season at bats. He appeared in three games of the 1924 World Series which the Senators won, registering one hit in two at bats, batting in one and scoring once. Shirley attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1921 to 1923 where he was a member of Theta Chi Theta Chi () is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 at Norwich University then-located in Norwich, Vermont, and has initiated more than 200,000 members and currently has over 8,700 collegiate members across Nort ... fraternity. He was the son of Octavius Shirley (March 4, 1884 – May 1, 1967) and Anna Shingleton (Shirley) (July 18, 1882 – September 30, 1944). External links Ernest "Mule" Shirley* 1901 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sprinz
Joseph Conrad "Mule" Sprinz (August 3, 1902 – January 11, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player who attempted to beat the World Record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height. Baseball career Joseph Sprinz was a major league catcher who played for the Cleveland Indians from 1930 to 1931 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1933. He also played for the minor league team San Francisco Seals. Attempt at World Record As a member of the San Francisco Seals, Sprinz attempted to beat the World Record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height, set by members of the 1938 Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F .... In 1939, Sprinz had a blimp hover overhead at , from which balls were to be dropped for him to catch. On his fifth attempt, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mule Suttles
George "Mule" Suttles (March 31, 1901 – July 9, 1966) was an American first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, most prominently with the Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars (baseball), St. Louis Stars and Newark Eagles. Best known for his power hitting, Suttles was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006, 2006. Negro league career Born in Edgewater, Alabama, Suttles played one game for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants in 1921, and broke into the Negro National League (1920-1931), Negro National League in 1923 with the Birmingham Black Barons. Suttles was renowned for hitting for power as well as batting average (baseball), batting average. In five years with the Stars (1926–1930), he led the league in home runs twice and in double (baseball), doubles, triple (baseball), triples, and batting average once each. His 1926 season was the fifth time in league history that a player won the batting Triple Crown. Suttles' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mule Watson
John Reaves "Mule" Watson (October 15, 1896 in Arizona, Louisiana – August 25, 1949 in Shreveport, Louisiana), was a professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1918 to 1924. He played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. .... On the 12th and 13 August 1921, Watson became the last pitcher in Major League history to start both games of a doubleheader twice in the same season. References External links 1896 births 1949 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (NL) players Boston Braves players Philadelphia Athletics players Pittsburgh Pirates players Baseball players from Louisiana People from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Fort Smit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Watson
Milton Robert "Milt" Watson (January 10, 1890 – April 10, 1962) nicknamed "Mule", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Flovilla, Georgia, and died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Transactions Milton Watson was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies on April 4, 1918, for Bert Niehoff John Albert Niehoff (May 13, 1884 – September 8, 1974) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for four clubs from the 1913 to 1918 seasons. He batted and threw right-handed. Playing career A native of Louisville, Colorado, N ... and $500. External links 1890 births 1962 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state) St. Louis Cardinals players Philadelphia Phillies players Paris Survivors players Bartlett (minor league baseball) players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
