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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 ...

of: * Tihomir Asanović (born 1948), Croatian jazz-rock and fusion keyboardist, Hammond organ player and composer *

Pop Corkhill John Stewart "Pop" Corkhill (April 11, 1858 – April 4, 1921) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from to . Corkhill excelled as a defensive player, winning five fielding titles in ...

(1858–1921), American baseball player *

Pop Dillon Frank Edward Dillon (October 17, 1873 – September 12, 1931), known in later years as Pop Dillon, was an American baseball player and manager. He played 22 seasons in professional baseball from 1894 to 1915, including five years in Major League ...

(1873–1931), American baseball player * Pop Foster (1878–1944), American baseball player *

Pop Gates William Penn "Pop" Gates (August 30, 1917 – December 1, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Early life He was born in Decatur, Alabama and attended high school in New York, New York. During high school studies he earned All-Co ...

(1917–1999), American basketball player and coach * Pop Golden (1868–1949), American football and baseball coach * Pop Goodwin (1920–2005), American basketball player *

Pop Hart George Overbury "Pop" Hart (1868–1933) was an early 20th century American painter and watercolorist. Early life and education Hart was born in Cairo, Illinois, the eldest of four children, and raised in Rochester, New York. His father managed ...

(1868–1933), American painter and watercolorist *

Pop Hollinger Harvey T. "Pop" Hollinger (October 13, 1886 – March 6, 1977) was one of the first comic book collectors. He set up his retail and mail order shop for new and used comics in Concordia, Kansas, in the late 1930s. Biography Early life Hollinge ...

(1886–1977), American comic book collector *

Pop Ivy Lee Frank "Pop" Ivy (January 25, 1916 – May 17, 2003) was a football player and coach who was the only person to serve as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL), the American Football League (AFL) and the Western Interprovincial ...

(1916–2003), American football player and coach *

Pop Joy Aloysius C. Joy (June 11, 1860 – June 28, 1937) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Washington Nationals of the Union Association The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just t ...

(1860–1937), American baseball player *

Pop Laval Claude Constant Laval I (November 8, 1882 – February 20, 1966), commonly known as Pop Laval, was an American photographer during the early 1900s who specialized in documenting California's San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains, particu ...

(1882–1966), American photographer * Pop Levi (born 1977), English singer, musician, record producer and filmmaker *

Fred T. Long Fred Thomas "Pop" "Pops" "Big" Long (January 22, 1896 – March 23, 1966) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and a college football coach. He was the head football coach at four historically black colleges and unive ...

(1896–1966), American Negro league baseball player and college football coach * Ed Lytle (1862–1950), American baseball player and manager *

Pop McKale James Fred "Pop" McKale (June 12, 1887 – June 1, 1967) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He is best known for his four-decade association with ...

(1887–1967), American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track, and college athletics administrator *

Pop Momand Arthur Ragland
by Alex Jay, at Gregg Popovich Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach and executive who is the president and head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Taking over as coach of the Spur ...

(born 1949), American basketball coach *

Pop Robson Bryan Stanley Robson, better known as Pop Robson (born 11 November 1945) is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward. He played for Newcastle United, West Ham United, Sunderland, Chelsea and Carlisle United, and scored 265 ...

(born 1945), English footballer *

Pop Schriver William Frederick "Pop" Schriver (July 11, 1865 – December 27, 1932) born in Brooklyn, New York, was a baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Grays (1886), Philadelphia Quakers/Philadelphia Phillies (1888–90), Chicago Colts (1891–94), New York G ...

(1865–1932), American baseball catcher *

Pop Smith Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...

(1856–1927), Canadian baseball player *

Pop Snyder Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...

(1854–1924), American baseball player, manager and umpire *

Pop Tate (baseball) Edward Christopher Tate (December 22, 1860 – June 25, 1932) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1885 to 1890 with the Boston Beaneaters and the Baltimore Orioles. He played in the minors from 1894 to 1897. Tate Fiel ...

(1860–1932), American baseball catcher *

Pop Warner Glenn Scobey Warner (April 5, 1871 – September 7, 1954), most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American college football coach at various institutions who is responsible for several key aspects of the modern game. Included among his inn ...

(1871–1954), American football player and coach *

Pop Williams Walter Merrill "Pop" Williams (May 19, 1874 – August 4, 1959) was a professional baseball pitcher whose playing career spanned nine seasons, including three in Major League Baseball. He was born in Bowdoinham, Maine on May 19, 1874. Williams ba ...

(1874–1959), American baseball pitcher *

Pop Williams (American football) Arthur Vincent "Pop" Williams (May 4, 1906 – February 6, 1979) was an American football back who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Providence Steam Roller and Brooklyn Dodgers. He played college football at the ...

(1906–1979), American football player

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