Zoom in on the caption, about which my longtime strange-names spotter Pat McGuire pointed out, “A name so outrageous that the staid Chicago Tribune couldn’t resist putting it on page 1.”
Friday Happy Hour Photo: That’s *MISTER* Dick Bigger, Jr. To You
I was ready to post that the same guy has also used the aliases “I.P. Freely,” “Seymour Heiney,” and “Mike Hunt” at various points in his life. Mostly in middle school. Until I Googled and found this clip:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=638857314576069
P.S. There was a longtime NASCAR driver named Dick Trickle. Oddly, I never heard an announcer snicker when they mentioned his name during a race.
Very helpful, Dean. But it seems to me you have forgotten the Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver from the early 1970s, Fair Hooker, about which Don Meredith said he’d never met one in his life.
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