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Boog Powell/John Powell, Mike Cuellar/Mike Cueller, Vern Law/Vernon Law, Nellie Fox/Nelson Fox, Dutch Leonard/Emil Leonard, Phil Cavarretta/Phil Cavaretta, Chico Carrasquel/Alfonso Carrasquel, Roy Face/Elroy Face, Cuno Barragan/Cuno Barragon, Smoky Burgess/Forrest Burgess, Granny Hamner/Granville Hamner.
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Have we mentioned Lou and Henry Gehrig?
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Most are just nicknames.
But some... From a bit of googling Pete Appleton, formerly Pete Jablonowski Then there's extending into other sports World B. Free / Lloyd Bernard Free Ron Artest / Metta World Peace / Metta Sandiford-Artest |
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To state the obvious, Lew Alcindor --> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think a few other NBA players have adopted Islamic names, right? There was a guy in the early '90s if I recall.
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woot! I get to add one
Ellie / Elrod Hendricks Elrod is a much cooler baseball name. IMHO
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On his '69 Topps card he is referred to as Rod Hendricks
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He's Ed Mathews on his Topps issues but the 53 Bowman I have lists him as Eddie Mathews.
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Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Another Basketball is Keith Wilkes/Jamaal Wilkes. A couple of Football, Bobby Moore/Ahmad Rashad, Sharmon Shah/Karim Abdul-Jabbar. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar later sued him and he changed it to Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar.
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“interesting to some absolute garbage to others.” —- “Error cards and variations are for morons, IMHO.” Last edited by Cliff Bowman; 12-08-2021 at 02:37 PM. Reason: Correction on Bobby Moore |
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The 'incorrect' Chad Ochocinco. (But I maintain that it does say 8 and 5, so it's fine.)
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James Edward Runnels/Pete Runnels, James Barton Vernon/Mickey Vernon, Stanley Raymond Harris/Bucky Harris, & Edgar Charles Rice/Sam Rice.
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Forget about different names, Runnels had a card with a different picture (teammate Don Johnson).
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And of course, in boxing, I don't even need to say it.
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Al Jackson/Alvin Jackson (1966 Topps). Kudos to the poster of Elrod Hendricks/Ellie Hendricks, I had that one in my head yesterday morning and then forgot it.
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