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1 minute ago, waiheke1 said:

Before I was born!

Blah, blah, blah... :rofl: He wasn't THAT bloody old!

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I thought we'd covered this before...

 

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I thought we had too, which is why it wasn't really a call to re do all the well known nicknames. It was just the first thread i came across that fitted my question about 'Onandoff' Johnson. Following forum guidlines and not starting yet another new thread :rolleyes:

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2 hours ago, iris123 said:

I thought we had too, which is why it wasn't really a call to re do all the well known nicknames. It was just the first thread i came across that fitted my question about 'Onandoff' Johnson. Following forum guidlines and not starting yet another new thread :rolleyes:

And I still haven't found anything about 'Onandoff' Johnson...

Perhaps there's something about him in the "Speedway Museum" thread??? :rofl:

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2 hours ago, chunky said:

And I still haven't found anything about 'Onandoff' Johnson...

1928 Middlesbrough programmes listed him as David 'Onanoff' Johnson (no 'd' in onanoff).  He had a few falls, but also recorded some heat wins during a brief career.  David Johnson appeared at Middlesbrough in 1928 to 1930, Whitley Bay, Gosforth, Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1929 and York in 1931.  He rode as reserve for York in a National Trophy match at Leicester Super in 1931, falling in his first race and scoring one point from two other rides.

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Nice on BL65

I thought if anyone could answer it, it would be you

Tbh i guess the Newcastle link put me and others off. I did look with no luck at pre- war Newcastle results. Expecting him to be a rookie

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18 hours ago, waiheke1 said:

Pretty original at belle vue: 

PC - Peter Collins

Mort/Mighty Mort: Chris Morton

Jimmy Mac: Jimmy McMillan

The Racing Car: Peter Carr

Carl "Bye Bye" Blackbird

Barry "Baz" Ayres

And perhaps the only one with a hint of creativity:

Smudger and  foxy/foxy? - Andy Smith

Lesser known was Ken 'Pubic' Eyre

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One of those areas in which the yanks do it so much better than us.... B)

I give you....

"Cowboy" Cook
"Sudden" Sam
"Showtime" Bobby Ott

As opposed to...erm... :unsure:

Havvy
Woffy
Wiggy

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5 minutes ago, falcace said:

One of those areas in which the yanks do it so much better than us.... B)

I give you....

"Cowboy" Cook
"Sudden" Sam
"Showtime" Bobby Ott

As opposed to...erm... :unsure:

Havvy
Woffy
Wiggy

Havvy the too was how he was known at Peterborough, because after a crap meeting he always said it was too wet, too dry, too slick or too grippy

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23 minutes ago, falcace said:

One of those areas in which the yanks do it so much better than us.... B)

I give you....

"Cowboy" Cook
"Sudden" Sam
"Showtime" Bobby Ott

As opposed to...erm... :unsure:

Havvy
Woffy
Wiggy

Mike 'The Professor' Bast

Keith 'Snakeman' Larsen

Robert 'Kid' Curry

Vance 'The Green Hornet' Felicio

'Flying' Mike Faria

 

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On 6/20/2022 at 10:10 AM, BL65 said:

1928 Middlesbrough programmes listed him as David 'Onanoff' Johnson (no 'd' in onanoff).  He had a few falls, but also recorded some heat wins during a brief career.  David Johnson appeared at Middlesbrough in 1928 to 1930, Whitley Bay, Gosforth, Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1929 and York in 1931.  He rode as reserve for York in a National Trophy match at Leicester Super in 1931, falling in his first race and scoring one point from two other rides.

I had a browse through the British Newspaper Archives, and there are a handful of articles which include the name “Onanoff” Johnson, together with one which refers to him as David “On and off” Johnson, leading Middlesbrough star and their most daredevil rider, who had completed the speedway season unscathed, only to badly break his leg playing football.

I noted other nicknames in the few articles I found…

Riskit Riley

Broadside Burton

Skid Skinner - which reminded me of Skid Pitcher!
Smoky Stratton

Dare-devil Beckett

Broncho Dixon

and a couple of more well-known ones…

Sprouts Elder (James Lloyd Elder)

Buster Frogley (Arthur Robert Frogley)

 

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37 minutes ago, falcace said:

One of those areas in which the yanks do it so much better than us.... B)

I give you....

"Cowboy" Cook
"Sudden" Sam
"Showtime" Bobby Ott

As opposed to...erm... :unsure:

Havvy
Woffy
Wiggy

Donny "Too Tall" Odom was a bit naff though.

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7 hours ago, Sotonian said:

Donny "Too Tall" Odom was a bit naff though.

As was Buddy "The Bud Man" Robinson...

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But not all US nicknames were great

'Lammy' Lamoreaux ;) although i seem to recall he was knwn as 'the Frenchman' or maybe 'Frenchie' at first due to his surname. So maybe the 'Lammy' name came from his time in the UK

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Glamour boy " lou sansom                               blond bombshell "reg wilson                             king of crash" chris blythe

Wild man ," vic londsdale

Fiery aussie " mal mackay

Early comets i seem to remember 

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