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    Turnbulls Tornadoes nicknames

    Was reading an article about John Brownie and it mentioned his nickname Onion. I was Trying to remember all the nicknames off the top of my head as each player had one
    Perhaps someone can fill in the gaps.
    HERIOT?
    ONION
    SHADES
    NIDDRIE
    CILLA
    SLOOPJB
    MICKEY
    O'Rourke?
    GORDON?
    SODJER
    NIJINSKY


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    O’Rourke = Corky

    Gordon = Tosh

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    Can anyone remember John Hazel’s ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    O’Rourke = Corky

    Gordon = Tosh
    Thanks Billy can you remember what Jim Heriots was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbhibby View Post
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    Thanks Billy can you remember what Jim Heriots was.
    Big Bob after Robert Mitchum IIRC

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Big Bob after Robert Mitchum IIRC
    Should have been called the Vet. Drawn a blank on John Hazel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbhibby View Post
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    Should have been called the Vet. Drawn a blank on John Hazel.

    from wikipedia...

    Herriot is probably best known today for giving his name to the writer James Herriot, a Yorkshirevet whose real name was Alf Wight. Wight needed a pen-name to comply with professional rules banning advertising and chose Jim Herriot's name after seeing him play for Birmingham City in a televised match against Manchester United.

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    Peter Cormack was also known as Corky so Jimmy O’Rourke = Biffo

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Can anyone remember John Hazel’s ?
    Mine was " Oh ffs"

    Always gave me the fear when he was named in the team.

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    What would the current team have as nicknames?
    Porto could be Hunslayer
    Macey M and M
    Boyler Flash

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Can anyone remember John Hazel’s ?
    Cadbury? 🤔

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbhibby View Post
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    Cadbury? 🤔
    Nope

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Nope
    Rather than nope should that not be Nut?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iggy Pope View Post
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    Rather than nope should that not be Nut?
    Giving your age away again Iggy

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    Quote Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS View Post
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    Giving your age away again Iggy
    Everyone's a fruit and nutcase, 😁

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iggy Pope View Post
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    Rather than nope should that not be Nut?
    Or Hazelnut? That would be on Topic.....
    Last edited by HoboHarry; 15-10-2021 at 02:13 AM.

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    Or Hazelnut? That would be on Topic.....
    Surely Gordon’s nickname should have been Flash

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    It was Pung. Here are all the nicknames here:

    https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/latest-hibs-news/scottish-cup-final-1972-unlucky-hibs-beaten-6-1-1574325

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    Quote Originally Posted by FilipinoHibs View Post
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    It was Pung. Here are all the nicknames here:

    https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/latest-hibs-news/scottish-cup-final-1972-unlucky-hibs-beaten-6-1-1574325
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    Before my time, so I was wondering if Alex Cropley had a nickname?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Veteran View Post
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    Before my time, so I was wondering if Alex Cropley had a nickname?
    Sodger.

    He was born in Aldershot, where I think his Dad was stationed.

    "Crops" was another one, although that might have been when he moved on.

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    Was reading an article about John Brownie and it mentioned his nickname Onion. I was Trying to remember all the nicknames off the top of my head as each player had one
    Perhaps someone can fill in the gaps.
    HERIOT?
    ONION
    SHADES
    NIDDRIE
    CILLA
    SLOOPJB
    MICKEY
    O'Rourke?
    GORDON?
    SODJER
    NIJINSKY
    According to a large article in the Evening News December 1972 the nicknames at that time were ...

    Jim Herriot: (BOB ) because his team mates say, he has movie star Bob Mitchums' sleepy eyes.
    John Brownlie: (ONION) due to the unmanageable hair-style he had on first joining the club.
    Eric Schaedler: (SHADES)
    Pat Stanton: (NIDDRIE)
    Jim Black: (CILLA)
    John Blackley: (SLOOP)
    Alex Edwards: (MICKEY) Dunfermline players invented the Mickey Mouse tag.
    Jim O'Rourke: (WEE JIMSIE)
    Alan Gordon: (TOSH) After Liverpool's lanky striker John Toshack who like Gordon, is brilliant in the air.
    Alex Cropley: (SODJER)
    Arthur Duncan: ( THE FLYER) because of his speed on the wing.

    P.S. If anyone is interested the article also mentions which type of car the individual Tornadoes were driving at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LoaningCrHibbie View Post
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    According to a large article in the Evening News December 1972 the nicknames at that time were ...

    Jim Herriot: (BOB ) because his team mates say, he has movie star Bob Mitchums' sleepy eyes.
    John Brownlie: (ONION) due to the unmanageable hair-style he had on first joining the club.
    Eric Schaedler: (SHADES)
    Pat Stanton: (NIDDRIE)
    Jim Black: (CILLA)
    John Blackley: (SLOOP)
    Alex Edwards: (MICKEY) Dunfermline players invented the Mickey Mouse tag.
    Jim O'Rourke: (WEE JIMSIE)
    Alan Gordon: (TOSH) After Liverpool's lanky striker John Toshack who like Gordon, is brilliant in the air.
    Alex Cropley: (SODJER)
    Arthur Duncan: ( THE FLYER) because of his speed on the wing.

    P.S. If anyone is interested the article also mentions which type of car the individual Tornadoes were driving at the time.
    Thanks for posting that. The one that surprises me is Arthur Duncans The Flyer, always thought his only nickname was Nijinsky. Sure there must have been a correction at some point.
    Last edited by gbhibby; 17-10-2021 at 07:21 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbhibby View Post
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    Thanks for posting that. The one that surprises me is Arthur Duncans The Flyer, always thought his only nickname was Nijinsky. Sure there must have been a correction at some point.
    Most of the Hibs players from that period that I have spoken to always refer to Arthur as ‘Flyer’, but Nijinsky was well used by our fans. Shades was the only one who could get near Arthur in the sprints at training.


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    Quote Originally Posted by gbhibby View Post
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    Thanks for posting that. The one that surprises me is Arthur Duncans The Flyer, always thought his only nickname was Nijinsky. Sure there must have been a correction at some point.
    Some of the nicknames would have originated in the dressing room or at school/previous club before joining Hibernian.
    Arthur was called Flyer by other players.
    We fans ,i think ,gave him the name Nijinsky, after the famous racehorse.
    Or was it the Russian ballet dancer ;)

    Maybe both !


    Just to add
    I have never known Jimmy O'Rourke to be called "wee jimsie"

    Awfy West of Scotland type nickname/Rab C. Nesbitt ..ish !


    Jimmy was called Coarky by his pals before he joined the club.

    Rourky coarky !! Another tag was Stumpy.

    We just called him James ;)

    O'Rourke surname by the way was very uncommon in East of Scotland back in the day
    And difficult for some to pronounce. Or just lazy!!
    xample A guy once used to call me King Farouk

    He pronounced my surname Arook !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoboHarry View Post
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    Or Hazelnut? That would be on Topic.....
    I hope this will not become a Marathon punfest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jgl07 View Post
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    I hope this will not become a Marathon punfest?
    That's Bounty happen anyway.
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    Another thread going off TOPIC

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