Gammon may refer to:
People
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Archer T. Gammon (1918–1945), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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James Gammon
James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled " good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series.
Gammon portrayed Lou Brown, the manager in the movies '' Major League'' and ...
(1940–2010), American actor
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James Gammon (engraver) (), English engraver
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Kendall Gammon
Kendall Robert Gammon (born October 23, 1968) is a former American football long snapper and center who played for three teams in the National Football League (NFL). In 2004, Gammon was the first pure long snapper to be selected for the Pro Bowl ...
(born 1968), American football player
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Reg Gammon
Reg or REG may refer to:
* Reginald (disambiguation)
* Reg or Desert pavement#Reg, desert pavement
* Raising for Effective Giving, a charity
* Random event generator (parapsychology)
* Raptor Education Group
* Regal Entertainment Group
* Regular la ...
(1894–1997), English painter
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Richard Gammon (born 1898), English World War I flying ace
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Richard Von Albade Gammon
Richard Von Albade Gammon (December 4, 1879 – October 31, 1897) was a University of Georgia football fullback who died after injuries sustained in a collegiate football game.
Biography
Richard Von Albade Gammon was born December 4, 1879 ...
(1879–1897), American football player
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Roland Gammon (1915–1981), American writer
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Russell Gammon (1906–1968), Canadian rower
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Steve Gammon
Stephen George Gammon (born 24 September 1939) is a Welsh former professional footballer. A Welsh under-23 international, Gammon's spent seven years with Cardiff City before a broken leg ended his professional career in 1965.
Career
Gammon was ...
(born 1939), Welsh footballer
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Wayne Gammon (born 1950), Australian rower
Other uses
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De Gammon
Shelta (; Irish: ''Seiltis'') is a language spoken by Rilantu Mincéirí (Irish Travellers), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom.McArthur, T. (ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (1992) Oxford University Press It i ...
, the language of Irish Travellers
* Gammon, a victory in
backgammon
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Pe ...
achieved before the loser removes a single checker
* Gammon, a word in
Australian Aboriginal English with various meanings, mainly relating to lying or pretence
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Gammon (insult)
''Gammon'' is a pejorative popularised in British political culture since around 2012. The term refers in particular to the colour of a person's flushed face when expressing their strong opinions, as compared to the type of pork of the same ...
, a British pejorative insult term
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Gammon (meat)
Gammon is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining, which may or may not be smoked. Strictly speaking, a gammon is the bottom end of a whole side of bacon (which ''includes'' the back leg), ham is just the back leg ...
, a cut of quick-cured pork leg
* Gammon, the rope
lashing
Lash or Lashing may refer to:
* Eyelash
* Whiplash (disambiguation)
* Lashing (ropework), a form of connecting solid objects tightly using rope or cord
* Flagellation, a form of torture or punishment involving a whip
* Backlash (engineering), clea ...
or iron hardware to attach a mast to a boat or ship
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Gammon bomb
Gammon may refer to:
People
* Archer T. Gammon (1918–1945), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* James Gammon (1940–2010), American actor
* James Gammon (engraver) (), English engraver
* Kendall Gammon (born 1968), Ame ...
, a British hand grenade used during World War II
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Gammon Construction
Gammon Construction Limited is a Hong Kong construction and engineering contractor headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. In addition to local construction projects, it also involved in construction and engineering various projects in China an ...
, a Hong Kong construction company
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Gammon India
Gammon India Limited is one of the largest civil engineering construction companies in India. Headquartered in Mumbai, it was founded in 1922 by John C. Gammon.
Notable projects
Gammon India has executed some notable civil engineering project ...
, an Indian civil engineering construction company
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Gammon Lake
Gammon Lake is a lake in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin, is within Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, and is the source of the Gammon River.
There are numerous u ...
, in Ontario, Canada
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SA-5 Gammon
The NPO Almaz S 200 ''Angara/Vega/Dubna'' ( Russian С-200 Ангара/Вега/Дубна), NATO reporting name SA-5 '' Gammon'' (initially ''Tallinn''), is a long range, high altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the Sov ...
, the NATO designation for the Russian ''Angara/Vega/Dubna'' surface-to-air missile system
See also
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Gammons, a surname
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