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Originally Posted by z28jd

What's more interesting about Galvin is the fact that he's known now still by the "Pud" nickname, which was almost never used in print before he was elected to the Hall of Fame and a bio was shared in all of the papers that used that nickname. Most people like the nickname for the obvious wrong pronunciation (it rhymes with Good not Dud), so of course it has stuck. It shouldn't be anything more than a footnote to his life, definitely not how he is known now. He would likely be shocked it's how he is known now if you could give him an elixir of life for a day.

Learned something new. Thank you for this tidbit. Not how I’ve been pronouncing Pud in my head all these years. Similar to Kiki Cuyler, where it rhymes with bye-bye, not tee hee. I assume short for pudding?