Jiggs may refer to:
Animals
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Jiggs (chimpanzee)
Jiggs (''c.'' 1929 – February 28, 1938) was a male chimpanzee and animal actor who originated the character of Cheeta in the 1930s Hollywood Tarzan movies. He was owned and trained by Tony and Jacqueline Gentry.Kingsley, Grace. "Hobnobbing in Ho ...
, who originated the role of Cheeta in the Tarzan movies
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Jiggs (orangutan), held in the
Universal City Zoo
Universal City Zoo was a private animal collection in southern California that provided animals for silent-era Universal Pictures adventure films, circus pictures, and animal comedies, and to "serve as a point of interest" for tourists visiting ...
and
San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, housing 4000 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies on of Balboa Park leased from the City of San Diego. Its parent organization, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, is a p ...
in the early 20th century
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Jiggs II, the second of a number of English Bulldogs to serve as mascots of the United States Marine Corps
Communities
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Jiggs, Nevada
Jiggs is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States, in the Mound Valley at the south end of State Route 228. It contains a very small school.
The community is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. Jiggs is l ...
, an unincorporated community in Elko County
People
Nickname
Military figures
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Frank Borland (1925–2013), Canadian Second World War soldier, recipient of the French Legion of Honor
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C. H. Jaeger (1913–1970), British Army lieutenant colonel and military band leader
Sportspeople
* George "Jiggs" Dahlberg, head coach of the
1945 Montana Grizzlies football team
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Edward Donahue (c. 1891–1961), American multi-sport college athlete, coach and administrator
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Jiggs Donahue
John Augustine Donahue (July 13, 1879 – July 19, 1913) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and catcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers / Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox an ...
(1879–1913), American professional baseball player
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John Donahue (baseball)
John Frederick Donahue ("Jiggs") (April 19, 1894 – October 3, 1949) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1923 season. Listed at , 170 lb., Donahue was a switch-hitter and threw ...
(1894–1949), American professional baseball player
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Jiggs McDonald
John Kenneth "Jiggs" McDonald (born November 28, 1938) is a sportscaster who has done play-by-play announcing for NHL games for more than 50 years. In 1990, McDonald received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Biograp ...
(born 1938), Canadian hockey sportscaster
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Jiggs Parrott (1871–1898), American professional baseball player
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Jiggs Parson (1885–1967), American professional baseball pitcher
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Jiggs Peters, race car driver in the
1954 AAA Championship Car season
The 1954 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana, Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada on November 14. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsb ...
, among others
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Don Peterson (American football)
Donald Williams "Jiggs" Peterson D.D.S. (April 26, 1928 – July 20, 2010) was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1951 and was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 1951 Michi ...
(1928–2010), American college football player
Other
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Jiggs Kalra (1947–2019), Indian restaurateur, food columnist, television host, and author
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Jiggs Whigham
Jiggs Whigham (born Oliver Haydn Whigham III; August 20, 1943) is an American jazz trombonist.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, he began his professional career at the age of 17, joining the Glenn Miller/Ray McKinley orchestra ...
(born 1943), American jazz trombonist
Fictional characters
* Jiggs, star of American comic strip ''
Bringing Up Father
''Bringing Up Father'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000.
The strip was later titled ''Jiggs and Maggie'' (or ''M ...
'', with his wife Maggie, from 1913 to 2000
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''Jiggs and Maggie'' (film series), a series of films with those characters, from 1946 to 1950
* Jiggs, a major character in the 1935 novel ''
Pylon'' by William Faulkner
* Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey, in the 1964 film ''
Seven Days in May
''Seven Days in May'' is a 1964 American political thriller film about a military-political cabal's planned takeover of the United States government in reaction to the president's negotiation of a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. The f ...
'', played by Kirk Douglas
* Jillian Jiggs, in children's books by
Phoebe Gilman
Phoebe Gilman (April 4, 1940 – August 29, 2002) was a Canadian-American children's book author and illustrator. Her books were notable for their strong lead female characters. Her book ''Something from Nothing'', adapted from an old Yiddish ...
* Master Sergeant Jiggs, Chief of Security for Project Tic-Toc in the
Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen (born Irwin O. Cohen, June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film gen ...
Television Series ''
The Time Tunnel
''The Time Tunnel'' is an American color science fiction TV series written around a theme of time travel adventure starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science-fiction television series and ...
'', portrayed by
Wesley Lau
Wesley Lau (June 18, 1921August 30, 1984) was an American film and television actor, and occasional screenwriter.
Early life
Wesley Lau was born and raised
in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. His parents were Albert and Agnes ( Feldner) Lau. He graduated ...
Other
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Jiggs dinner
Jiggs dinner, also called boiled dinner or cooked dinner, is a traditional meal commonly prepared and eaten on Sundays in Newfoundland. Corned beef and cabbage was the favorite meal of Jiggs, the central character in the popular, long-running ...
, a traditional meal commonly prepared and eaten on Sundays in Newfoundland
See also
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Jig (disambiguation)
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