Originally known as The Maroons, the Zipper nickname came about in the late 1930s when the school had a fast basketball team that would " Zip " up and down the court.

They joined the local Anthracite League in 1924, the same year they adopted the " Maroons " nickname, and clinched the league title.

Montreal Maroons dark logoAt the time of their founding, the Maroons had no nickname.

* The Maroons, nickname for the successful and record-breaking Queensland state rugby league team

* Maroons was the nickname of the now defunct Montreal Professional Hockey Club of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), who's team colors were maroon and white.

The proximity of the Midway to the University gave the school's early football teams, the Maroons, a second nickname, " Monsters of the Midway ", a name later applied to the Chicago Bears when the U of C dropped its football program.

The nickname Monsters of the Midway was originally applied to the University of Chicago " Maroons ", a college football team under the leadership of Amos Alonzo Stagg.

According to legend, they assumed that nickname upon acquiring some reddish hand-me-down jerseys from the University of Chicago football team, the Maroons.

The negotiations were unsuccessful and the team was instead nameless, until the nickname " Maroons " came into use, after the colour of their sweaters.

Olgivanna -- in her country the nickname was a respectful form of address -- was not only attractive but shrewd, durable, sensible, and smart.

Now and then, the President would call for `` Little Jack, Master of the Hounds '', which was his nickname for a messenger who had worked in the White House since Teddy Roosevelt's administration, and discuss the welfare of some one of the animals.

The younger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's cousin and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy complexion that caused Edward of Carnarvon's irreverent friend, Piers Gaveston, to nickname him `` Joseph the Jew '', were relatively new to the game of diplomacy, but Pontissara had been on missions to Rome before, and Hotham, a man of great learning, `` jocund in speech, agreeable to meet, of honest religion, and pleasing in the eyes of all '', and an archbishop to boot, was as reliable and experienced as Othon himself.

Because of this he was known as Gimpy ( but, as with Capone and his nickname of Scarface, never in his presence ).

Lou Gehrig was given the nickname Buster, and he ran Ruth a close race in home runs.

But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

" The Abbot " was a nickname of RZA from the Wu Tang Clan.

* Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly.

Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

" Opponents sometimes referred to him as " Slick Willie ", a nickname first applied while he was governor of Arkansas and lasting throughout his presidency.

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

So powerful was the attribution of " the Lions " nickname that three heraldic versions of the animal returned as the jersey badge in 1930.

The nickname was first used for a baseball team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were members of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players.

When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

For years many sources have listed " Pilgrims " as the early Boston AL team's official nickname, but researcher Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, during the team's early years.

The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

This nickname was commonly used during that season, perhaps because the team had a new manager and several rookie players.

The journalistic nickname was inspired by the millions of lights on theater marquees and billboard advertisements that illuminate the area.

Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname " Braves " in ; the club eventually left Boston for Milwaukee and is now playing in Atlanta, Georgia.

The moniker of " The Big O " would eventually follow him back to the States, where it became an unofficial nickname for Orbison.

The team adopted a physical, defense-oriented style of play, which eventually earned them the nickname " Bad Boys.

It is rumored that some participants engage in sexually promiscuous activity although several eventually ended up marrying each other ( hence the Love Boat nickname ).. Several unplanned pregnancies were documented on the 1996 study tour which resulted in more stringent rules for subsequent tours ; including rules against the opposite sex being present in the same dorm room and more strictly enforced curfews.

" However, the school was eventually closed and the nickname retired.

It was at RKO that Ball received steady film work, first as an extra and bit player, eventually working her way up to co-starring roles in feature films and starring roles in second rate B pictures, collectively earning the nickname " Queen of the B's ".

In his neighborhood, Carter was known as " Jazzy ", a nickname that eventually developed into his showbiz / stage name, " Jay-Z ".

The trilogy later reveals that Trillian eventually left the party with Zaphod Beeblebrox, who, according to the Quintessential Phase, is directly responsible for her nickname.

She eventually garnered the nickname " First Lady of the American Theatre " and was one of eleven people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.

The film received the nickname " Lust in the Dust ", which eventually became the name of another movie.

Osiel Cárdenas eventually took control by killing his friend and contender Salvador Gómez, earning Cárdenas the nickname " El Mata Amigos " ( The Friend-Killer ).

The Hong Kong media eventually accepted the two men's relationship and the tabloid gave Tong the nickname Tong Tong ( in the style of Gor Gor ).

After the coins were phased out ( beginning in 1970 ) the building eventually gained a new nickname: the " 50p building ”.

He eventually strikes it big as a DJ and his nickname becomes N-SIGN Ewart.

His eye-rolling song-and-dance routines eventually led to his nickname, " Banjo Eyes.

The company eventually made Maynard its worldwide headquarters, giving Maynard the nickname " Mini Computer Capital of the World ".

He eventually signed with the Seattle Mariners, where he acquired the nickname " Ancient Mariner ", and won his 300th game on May 6,, the first pitcher to win 300 since Early Wynn did so in.

In 1839, he had heard a Viennese orchestra play music by Johann Strauss, after which he composed in the same style, eventually earning the nickname " The Strauss of the North ".

His band nickname and his appearance at the time would eventually become the inspiration for Nishikawa ’ s character in Gundam SEED Destiny ( Heine Westenfluss ).

The U. S. Cavalry eventually grew out of this regiment, earning Kearny his nickname as the " father of the United States Cavalry ".

In 1839, he heard a Viennese orchestra play music by Johann Strauss I, after which he composed in the style of Strauss, eventually earning the nickname " The Strauss of the North ".

Another potent slider was thrown by Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks starter Randy Johnson, whose incredible lateral movement on the pitch eventually spawned its own nickname, " Mr. Snappy ".

The nickname ' Kiwis ' for New Zealand servicemen eventually became common usage in all war theatres.

Due to a farm-machinery accident in his youth, Brown lost parts of two fingers on his right hand and eventually acquired his nickname as a result.