Tubby is a nickname and surname and may refer to:

People

Nickname

Tubby Clayton The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton (12 December 1885 – 16 December 1972), known as "Tubby" Clayton, was an Anglican clergyman and the founder of Toc H. Life and career Philip Clayton was born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia ...

(1885–1972), Anglican clergyman, founder of the Christian movement Toc H * Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford (1917–2017), Second World War Royal Navy officer and submariner * A. A. Englander (1915–2004), British television cinematographer *

D. V. Graves Dorsett Vandeventer "Tubby" Graves (November 27, 1886 – January 16, 1960) was a college head coach in baseball, football, and basketball, and a player of football and baseball. A head coach in three sports, Graves was primarily a baseball ...

(1886–1960), American college head coach in baseball, football and basketball *

Tubby Hall Alfred "Tubby" Hall (October 12, 1895 – May 13, 1945) was an American jazz drummer. Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana; his family moved to New Orleans in his childhood. His younger brother Minor "Ram" Hall also became a professional drummer ...

(1895–1945), American jazz drummer *

Tubby Hayes Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar. Early life H ...

(1935–1973), English jazz musician *

Tubby Howard Lynn "Tubby" Howard (June 10, 1894 – May 30, 1969) was a player in the National Football League. Howard was born and lived in Mondovi, Wisconsin. He played with the Green Bay Packers for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Indi ...

(1894–1969), American National Football League player * Frank W. Lockwood (1890–1954), American college football player * Tubby Meyers (1887–1940), American college football player and coach * Tubby Raskin (1902–1981), American basketball player and coach *

Tubby Raymond Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond (November 14, 1926 – December 8, 2017) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware from 1966 to 2001, compiling a record of 300–119–3 ...

(born 1926), American college football and baseball player and College Football Hall of Fame coach *

George Scales George Louis Scales (August 16, 1900 - April 15, 1976), nicknamed "Tubby", was an American second baseman and manager in Negro league baseball, most notably with the New York Lincoln Giants and Baltimore Elite Giants. Born in Talladega, Alabam ...

(1900–1976), American Negro league baseball player and manager *

Tubby Schmalz Clarence Vincent "Tubby" Schmalz (December 19, 1916 – December 7, 1981) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He served as vice-president of the Western Ontario Athletic Association from 1940 to 1950, and coached and managed the senior ice ...

(1916–1981), Canadian ice hockey administrator *

Tubby Spencer Edward Russell "Tubby" Spencer (January 26, 1884 – February 1, 1945) was a catcher for the St. Louis Browns (1905–08), Boston Red Sox (1909), Philadelphia Phillies (1911), and Detroit Tigers (1916–18). He led the American League in being h ...

(1884–1945), American Major League Baseball catcher *

Tubby Smith Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smith (born June 30, 1951) is an American college basketball coach. He was the men's basketball coach at High Point University, his alma mater. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the Univers ...

(born 1951), American college basketball coach *

Mark Taylor (cricketer) Mark Anthony Taylor (born 27 October 1964) is a former Australian cricketer and current Nine Network commentator. He was Test opening batsman from 1988 to 1999, as well as captain from 1994 to 1999, succeeding Allan Border. His predominant fie ...

(born 1965), Australian batsman and captain

Surname

Fred Tubby Frederick Charles Tubby (born 23 January 1947) is a former Australian politician. The son of Reg Tubby, also an MP, he was born in Morawa, Western Australia, and was a school principal before entering politics. In 1988 he was elected in a by-el ...

(born 1947), Australian politician *

Reg Tubby Reginald John Tubby (1924 – 14 October 2015) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1975 to 1989, representing the seat of Greenough. Tubby was born in Geraldton, ...

(1924–2015), Australian politician *

Roger Tubby Roger Wellington Tubby (December 30, 1910 – January 14, 1991) was the seventh White House Press Secretary from 1952 to 1953 and served under President Harry Truman. From 1945 to 1948, he served as the spokesperson of the United States Departme ...

(1910–1991), American government official, reporter and editor, White House Press Secretary from 1952 to 1953 *

William Tubby William Bunker Tubby (21 August 1858 – 1944) was an American architect who was particularly notable for his work in New York City. Tubby was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1875.Christopher G ...

(1858–1944), American architect

Other

King Tubby Osbourne Ruddock (28 January 1941 – 6 February 1989), better known as King Tubby, was a Jamaican sound engineer who greatly influenced the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's innovative studio work, which saw him elevate the ...

, Jamaican electronics and sound engineer Osbourne Ruddock (1941–1989)

Fictional characters

* Tubby, a dog in the ''

Pup Parade ''Pup Parade'' is a British comic strip that features in the comic magazine ''The Beano''. It is a spin-off to ''The Bash Street Kids'', following the lives of their dogs, and appeared in several issues for over two decades. The comic strip h ...

'' comic strip * Thomas "Tubby" Tompkins, a boy in the ''

Little Lulu ''Little Lulu'' is a comic strip created in 1935 by American author Marge (cartoonist), Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character, Lulu Moppet, debuted in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 23, 1935, in a single panel, appearing as a flower ...

'' comic strip who had a series of his own from 1952 to 1961 * the title character of: ** "Tubby the Tuba" (song) (1945) ** ''Tubby the Tuba'' (1947 film), a movie short based on the song ** ''Tubby the Tuba'' (1975 film), an animated movie based on the song

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