Whitey can refer to:

People

* Whitey Alperman (1879–1942), MLB player *

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 *

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 *

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 Bos ...

(1929–2018), crime boss of organized crime group in the Boston area in the 1970s and 1980s *

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 * Whitey Glazner (1893–1989), MLB pitcher * Roy Grant (1916–2010), of the American country music duo Whitey and Hogan * Whitey Harrison (1913–1993), American surfer and surf equipment innovator *

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 * Whitey Krakow (died 1941), New York mobster and hitman for Murder, Inc. *

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 *

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 * Whitey Mitchell (1932–2009), American jazz bassist and television writer and producer *

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 Mo ...

(1912–1987), MLB pitcher *

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 * Whitey Platt (1920–1970), MLB player * Sanger D. Shafer (born 1934), American country music songwriter and musician *

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 * Whitey Thomas (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 W ...

, the most notable dance troupe of the Lindy Hop Aerials Era *

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 *

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 Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major ...

(1912–1985), MLB pitcher *

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 *

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 * Harry Wolfe (baseball) (1888–1971), MLB player * Whitey Woodin (1894–after 1935), American football player * Whitey (musician), born Nathan Joseph White, British electro-rock musician

Fictional characters

* Aelfyre Whitemane, in the Marvel Comics series ''Power Pack'' *

Whitey Durham '' One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served ...

, on the television series ''One Tree Hill'' * Whitey, from ''Judge Dredd''

Other uses

* Whitey (drugs), a slang term associated with certain forms of recreational drug use *

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 * Whitey (band), a Denton, Texas funk band * '' Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger'', a 2014 documentary film * ''Whitey'' (film), a 1980 Belgian movie * Whitey's Ice Cream, an ice cream manufacturer and line of ice cream shops in the Midwestern United States * Whitey, an informal name for the White River Monster

People

Fictional characters

Other uses

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