Stretch is a

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 ...

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People

Stretch Johnson Howard Eugene "Stretch" Johnson (30 January 1915 – 28 May 2000) was a tap dancer and social activist. In 1936, he joined his brother Bobby and his sister, Winnie, one of the featured dancers at the Cotton Club, to form an act called the Three Jo ...

(1915–2002), American tap dancer and social activist *

Seantavius Jones Seantavius Jones (born August 9, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the Jefes de Ciudad Juárez of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). Before that he was a member of the Ottawa Redblacks, of the Canadian Football Leag ...

(born 1992), American football player * Stretch Kontelj (born 1961), Australian politician * Alvin Martin (born 1958), English footballer * Willie McCovey (1938–2018), American baseball player * Stretch Miller (1910–1972), American sports broadcaster *

Stretch Murphy Charles Carroll "Stretch" Murphy (April 10, 1907 – August 17, 1992) was an American basketball player. He played competitive basketball at Marion High School (1922–26), located in Marion, Indiana. The All-State player led his school ...

(1907–1992), American basketball player * Jake Pelkington (1916–1982), American basketball player *

Jack Phillips (first baseman) Jack Dorn Phillips (September 6, 1921 – August 30, 2009) was an American professional baseball player whose career extended from 1943 to 1959. In the Major Leagues, he was a backup first baseman who played for three different teams between t ...

(1921–2009), American baseball player *

Howie Schultz Howard Henry Schultz (July 3, 1922 – October 30, 2009), nicknamed "Stretch" and "Steeple", was an American baseball and basketball player from St. Paul, Minnesota. Schultz won an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers, Minneapolis Lakers in 1952 ...

(1922–2009), American baseball and basketball player * Ron Tompkins (born 1944), American baseball pitcher * Augie Vander Meulen (1909–1993), American basketball player

Fictional characters

* Stretch Cunningham, a recurring character in the TV series '' All in the Family'' * Stretch Snodgrass, in the radio/TV series '' Our Miss Brooks''

People

Fictional characters

See also