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Famous nicknames ( COMPLETED )

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I'm feeling generous, so

5 GUESSES EACH

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1. MUHAMMAD ALI - Dominic
2. EDDIE the EAGLE - DAVIDatLWH
3. DAVID BECKHAM - DAVIDatLWH
4. PAUL GASCOIGNE - DavidatLWH
5. PSYCHO - Crunchie
6. IAN BOTHAM - Crunchie
7. DRACULA - Crunchie
8. GREG NORMAN - DavidatLWH
9. ERIC BRISTOW - Dominic
10. BIRDMAN of ALCATRAZ - rambo
11. TEFLON DON - jagwheels
12. SHAKESPEARE - Firefly
13. ROBERT BURNS - Cacuslil
14. CHARLIE PARKER - DavidatLWH
15. FLUFF - Crunchie
16. TESSIE O'SHEA - Firefly
17. SATCHMO - Firefly
18. VERA LYNN - Firefly
19. FRANK SINATRA - Firefly
20. EDITH PIAFF - Crunchie
21. KING of SWING - Crunchie
22. GEORGE MICHAEL - The Aquila
23. CAB CALLOWAY - The Aquila
24. JOE DIMAGGIO - DavidatLWH
25. PAPILLION - Cactuslil
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12. Shakespeare
16. Tessie Oshea
17. Satchmo
18 Vera Lynn
19. Frank Sinatra
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2 Eddie the Eagle
3 David Beckham
4 Paul Gascoigne
8 Greg Norman
24 Joe Dimaggio (sp?)
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5. Psycho
6. Ian Botham
7. Dracula
15. Fluff
20. Edith Piaff
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11 - Teflon Dan
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13- Robbie Burns
25- Papillon
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1 Muhammed Ali
9 Eric Bristow
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Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
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22. Georgios Panayiotou (George Micheal)
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Any takers for the last four!
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21. King of Swing. Benny Goodman
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14 Charlie Parker

(I swear I posted this yesterday!)
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No 10. I have heard of.

No 23. I have never heard the name before.
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Would 23 be Cab Calloway after his song? Either that or Ted Bovis / Paul Shane.....
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A clue for number 10.


He was imprisoned from 1909 to his death in 1963.
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10. Birdman of Alcatraz

Paul
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