Whitey can refer to:
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Whitey Alperman
Charles Augustus Alperman (November 11, 1879 – December 25, 1942) was a Major league baseball player born in Etna, Pennsylvania. He played mainly at second baseman for the Brooklyn Superbas from to . In , he tied for the league lead in tripl ...
(1879–1942), MLB player
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Richie Ashburn
Don Richard Ashburn (March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997), also known by the nicknames, "Putt-Putt", "The Tilden Flash", and "Whitey" (due to his light-blond hair), was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. (Some sources give his ...
(1927–1997), MLB player and broadcaster
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Whitey Bimstein
Whitey Bimstein (January 10, 1897, Lower East Side, Manhattan; d. July 12, 1969) was born on January 10, 1897 in New York's Lower East Side. He would be remembered for his exceptional career as a boxing trainer and cutman to world champions. ...
(1897–1969), boxer and boxing trainer
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Whitey Bulger
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, a city directly northwest of Bost ...
(1929–2018), crime boss of organized crime group in the Boston area in the 1970s and 1980s
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Whitey Ford
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford (October 21, 1928 – October 8, 2020), nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees ...
(1928–2020), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
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Whitey Glazner
Charles Franklin "Whitey" Glazner (September 17, 1893 – June 6, 1989) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of five seasons (1920–24) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies. For his c ...
(1893–1989), MLB pitcher
* Roy Grant (1916–2010), of the American country music duo
Whitey and Hogan
Whitey and Hogan (Roy "Whitey" Grant born April 7, 1916 in Shelby, North Carolina - died September 17, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina and Arval Hogan born July 24, 1911 in Robbinsville, North Carolina - died September 12, 2003 in Charlotte) wer ...
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Whitey Harrison
Lorrin Carrell "Whitey" Harrison (24 April 1913 – 8 September 1993) was an American surfer and surf equipment innovator.
Born in Garden Grove, California to Frederick Earl Harrison and Lillie Cornelia (Sanford) Harrison, Lorrin "Whitey" Harriso ...
(1913–1993), American surfer and surf equipment innovator
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Whitey Herzog
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog (; born November 9, 1931) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager, most notable for his Major League Baseball (MLB) managerial career.
He made his MLB debut as a player in 1956 wit ...
(born 1931), MLB player and manager
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Whitey Krakow
Whitey Krakow (died July 30, 1941) Born Walter Krakower he was a New York mobster who served as a hitman for Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. Because he had the same surname as Esta Krakower, the wife of fellow Murder, Inc. member Benjamin "Bugsy" S ...
(died 1941), New York mobster and hitman for Murder, Inc.
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Whitey Kurowski
George John Kurowski (April 19, 1918 – December 9, 1999) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals (– 49).
Kurowski's childhood nickname came from his already white hair.
Childhoo ...
(1919–1999), MLB player
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Whitey Lockman
Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman (July 25, 1926 – March 17, 2009) was a left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
Playing career
Born in Lowell, North Carolina, Lockman ...
(1926–2009), MLB player, coach, manager and executive
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Whitey Mitchell
Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell (February 22, 1932 – January 16, 2009) was an American jazz bassist and television writer/producer. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Life and career
Mitchell was the brother of bassist Red Mitchell. He began on ...
(1932–2009), American jazz bassist and television writer and producer
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Whitey Moore
Lloyd Albert Moore (June 10, 1912 – December 10, 1987), was a Major League Baseball player who was a right-handed pitcher from 1936 to 1942. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. He stood tall and weighed .
Early life
Moo ...
(1912–1987), MLB pitcher
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Whitey Von Nieda
Stanley Lee Von Nieda Jr. (born June 19, 1922) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
Career
He played basketball at Ephrata High School and Penn State University. Enlisting in t ...
(born 1922), National Basketball Association player, basketball coach
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Whitey Platt
Mizell George "Whitey" Platt (August 21, 1920 – July 27, 1970) was a right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1942 to 1943 for the Chicago Cubs, in 1946 for the Chicago White Sox and from 1948 to 1949 for the St. Louis Brown ...
(1920–1970), MLB player
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Sanger D. Shafer
Sanger D. Shafer (October 24, 1934 – January 12, 2019),
- at Myer Skoog
Myer Upton "Whitey" Skoog (November 2, 1926 – April 4, 2019) was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Minneapolis Lakers. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota.
A 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and 180 ...
(born 1926), National Basketball Association player
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Whitey Thomas
William C. "Whitey" Thomas (August 17, 1895 – August 1978) was an American football end. He played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1924 in the National Football League and for the Philadelphia Quakers in 1926 in the first American Fo ...
(1895–1978), American football player
* Herbert "Whitey" White, leader of
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Whitey's Lindy Hoppers was a professional performing group of exceptional swing dancers that was first organized in the late 1920s by Herbert "Whitey" White in the Savoy Ballroom and disbanded in 1942 after its male members were drafted into World ...
, the most notable dance troupe of the Lindy Hop Aerials Era
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Whitey Wietelmann
William Frederick "Whitey" Wietelmann (March 15, 1919 – March 26, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He was an infielder in the Major Leagues from – 47 for the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates. The nat ...
(1919–2002), MLB player and coach
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Whitey Wilshere
Vernon Sprague "Whitey" Wilshere (August 3, 1912 – May 23, 1985) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1936 with the Philadelphia Athletics
The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major L ...
(1912–1985), MLB pitcher
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Whitey Wistert
Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert (February 20, 1912 – April 23, 1985) was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Michigan. Wistert was the first of the three Wistert brothe ...
(1912–1985), American football and baseball player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
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Whitey Witt
Lawton Walter "Whitey" Witt (born ''Ladislaw Waldemar Wittkowski'', September 28, 1895 – July 14, 1988) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Philadelphia A ...
(1895–1988), MLB player
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Harry Wolfe (baseball)
Harold Wolfe (November 24, 1888 – July 28, 1971), nicknamed "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in 10* games in Major League Baseball in 1917, seven for the Chicago Cubs and three for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He pl ...
(1888–1971), MLB player
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Whitey Woodin
Howard Lee "Whitey" Woodin (January 29, 1894 – February 7, 1974) was an American football player. He played with the Racine Legion and the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Green is the color ...
(1894–after 1935), American football player
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Whitey (musician)
Nathan Joseph Wannacot, known by his stage name Whitey, is an English songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and soundtrack composer. He works primarily in the alternative pop field, bringing in elements of pop, rock, classical and electro ...
, born Nathan Joseph White, British electro-rock musician
Fictional characters
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Aelfyre Whitemane
Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, they first appeared in their own series in 1984, which last ...
, in the Marvel Comics series ''Power Pack''
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Whitey Durham
''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB Television Network, The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and United Paramount Network, UPN merged to form The CW, which ...
, on the television series ''One Tree Hill''
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Whitey
Whitey can refer to:
People
* Whitey Alperman (1879–1942), MLB player
* Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), MLB player and broadcaster
* Whitey Bimstein (1897–1969), boxer and boxing trainer
* Whitey Bulger (1929–2018), crime boss of organized c ...
, from ''Judge Dredd''
Other uses
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Whitey (drugs) A whitey or white-out (sometimes "green-out" or "greening") is a drug slang term for when a recreational drug user, as a direct or indirect result of drug use (usually cannabis), begins to feel faint and vomits. The term derives from the " whiteo ...
, a slang term associated with certain forms of recreational drug use
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Whitey (slang)
"Whitey" is a derogatory term for a white person. The level of contempt implied by the term varies, although it is most often used as an insult.
In ''Saturday Night Live''s notorious 1975 " Racist Word Association Interview" skit, Richard Pryor' ...
, a derogatory term for white people
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Whitey (band)
Whitey was an American band playing rock, funk and Latin styles from 1989 to 1997. Originating in Denton, Texas, Whitey was popular in the Dallas and Austin scenes including Deep Ellum and became known for its wild stage antics. They toured exten ...
, a Denton, Texas funk band
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Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger'', a 2014 documentary film
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''Whitey'' (film), a 1980 Belgian movie
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Whitey's Ice Cream
Whitey's Ice Cream is an ice-cream parlor chain based in Moline, Illinois. This ice cream has been an icon of the Illinois and Iowa Quad Cities since it was founded in 1933.
History
Chester Lindgren opened the first store on the corner of 16th St ...
, an ice cream manufacturer and line of ice cream shops in the Midwestern United States
* Whitey, an informal name for the
White River Monster
In Arkansas folklore, the White River Monster is a large creature reportedly first spotted off the banks of the White River near Newport in northeastern Arkansas.
Although reported in the press as a "monster", it is reported to be deeply loved ...
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''Whity'' (film), a 1971 German film
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Whitey tape incident
Larry C. Johnson is an American blogger and former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. He is the co-owner and CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group).
Background
Johnson worked at the CIA for four years as an ...
, a 2008 political dirty trick by Larry C. Johnson
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