Spud or Spuds is a
nickname for:
Spud
* Simon Beggs, former guitarist in the American rock hybrid band
Mondo Generator
Mondo Generator (sometimes known as Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator) is an American rock band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri.
History
Formation and ''Cocaine Rodeo'' (1997–2002)
Nick Oliveri (under the moniker ''Rex Everything'') fo ...
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Jim Bolger (born 1935), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
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Mark Carroll (rugby league)
Mark "Spudd" Carroll (born 26 February 1967) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980s and 1990s. He represented Australia national rugby league team, Australia internationally and New South Wale ...
(born 1967), Australian rugby league player
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Spud Chandler (1907–1990), American baseball player
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Spud Clements (1928–1992), American politician
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Spud Davis (1904–1984), American Major League Baseball catcher, coach, scout and manager
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George Raymond Eisele
USS ''Eisele'' (DE-34) was an short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy.
''Eisele'' was launched on 29 June 1943 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Solano County, California, as BDE-34, by Mrs. George A. Eisele, mother of Sea ...
(1923–1942), United States Navy sailor killed in World War II
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Michael Firrito
Michael "Spud" Firrito (born 27 November 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his AFL debut in round 12, 2003. Although he w ...
(born 1983), Australian rules footballer
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Danny Frawley
Daniel Patrick Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ...
(1963–2019), Australian rules footballer and coach
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Spud Johnson
James Ralph "Spud" Johnson (December 1856 – February 1928) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player for three seasons, two for the Columbus Solons of the American Association and one season for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League ...
(1856-?), American Major League Baseball player
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Howie Krist
Howard Wilbur Krist (February 28, 1916 – April 23, 1989) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1937 to 1946. "Spud" (a nickname that described his humble beginnings on a New York potato farm) played his entire career for the St. Louis Car ...
(1916-1989), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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John McConnell (actor)
John "Spud" McConnell (born November 13, 1958) is an American actor and television/radio personality based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to actor/producer Maureen Brennan.
McConnell is a character actor who has appeared in more than ...
(born 1958), American actor and radio personality
* Arthur Melin, co-founder of the
Wham-O toy company and co-inventor of the modern hula hoop
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Sadao Munemori (1922–1945), United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
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Arthur William Murphy (1891-1963), Royal Australian Air Force aviator and temporary air commodore
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Peter Murphy (footballer, born 1922) (1922-1975), English footballer
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Peter Dutton (born 1970), Australian politician
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Spud Owen
Harold Pryor "Spud" Owen (March 10, 1905 – February 8, 1981) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Culver–Stockton College in Canton, Missouri from 1948 to 1951, Eureka Co ...
, head football coach for the Eureka College Red Devils (1953-1955)
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Spud Webb (born 1963), American basketball player
Spuds
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Theodore G. Ellyson
Theodore Gordon Ellyson, USN (27 February 1885 – 27 February 1928), nicknamed "Spuds", was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ("Naval Aviator No. 1"). Ellyson served in the experimental development of aviation i ...
(1885-1928), first United States Navy aviator
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Andy Hebenton
Andrew Alexander "Spuds" Hebenton (October 3, 1929 – January 29, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger, and holds the record for the longest streak without missing a game in professional hockey history.
Playing career
Af ...
(1929–2019), Canadian National Hockey League player
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Spuddz (born 1994), English comedian and internet personality
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