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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>My wife and I often try to come up with names for our next child. For boys, I always suggest names from the T206 set, and I get shot down all the time because the names are a wee bit girlie. Have you ever noticed that guys used to be named after girls back then?!?!?!<br /><br />Sherry Magie<br />Christy Mathewson<br />Ginger Beaumont<br />Lena Blackburne<br />Kitty Bransfield<br />Heinie Berger/Wagner/Zimmerman<br />Patsy Dougherty<br />Peaches Graham<br />Topsy Hartsel<br />Solly Hofman<br />Vive Lindaman<br />Dots Miller<br />Molly Miller<br />Dolly Stark<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>If you wanted to name your new child after one of the players in the T206 set, why not try Honus? That should go over well in the playground.

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Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p>The only problem with what you said it that none of those names you listed are the actual guys first names.Theyre all nicknames or versions of their real names like Solly is really Solomon and Sherry is Sherwood which isnt a name id want to give a kid either

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>Whatever you do, don't name a son after the legendary Washington Post sportswriter Shirley Povich! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>A favorite story of mine is when Mickey Mantle was discussing how big of a fan his father was of Mickey Cochrane and how his dad named him after Cochrane, Mickey told the reporter: "thank god he didn't know his real name was Gordon."<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>There was a 200+ pound Pro Bowl running back named Marion Butts. Many times I thought, with a name like Marion Butts you'd better be a 200+ pound NFL football player.

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Posted By: <b>steve f</b><p>Tristan Speaker

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Posted By: <b>Anson</b><p>I think Butts was good friends with NFLer Harry Colon.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>John Wayne's real first name was Marion.

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>definatley a pre war nickname! 23 thru 1944 none after <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=heinie&x=45&y=19" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=heinie&x=45&y=19</a>

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Posted By: <b>pete</b><p>for you it would stand for Ty Cobb, for your wife it could stand for tyler, tyrus, or even tyrone...(i.e. santa anita jockey tyler baze)

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Posted By: <b>PC</b><p>My personal T206 favorite ... Steamer<br /><br />as in Steamer Flanagan

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Posted By: <b>Dan Koteles</b><p>certainly ,I hope you DO NOT use the above names that<br />you mentioned, but.....how about Christian in place <br />of Christy and Alexander for a middle name for Grover ?