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Everyone Had a Nickname

In the community of Jacksonville, Florida, we all grew up with one or two nicknames, and even sometimes you would get a third one.

Coach Small’s nickname was Bubbling. From my understanding, he was given that nickname by his neighborhood friends (as most of did). It was said that they were playing and tried to catch him, but he was so fast because he ran track, he outran them, so they gave him the nickname Bubbling. This name came from a horse that raced and won the 1926 Kentucky Derby. The horse’s name was Bubbling Over; therefore, he got the nickname Bubbling.

My nicknames were Boogie from the neighborhood and Boogie Down in tenth grade by senior quarterback Tracy Hodges. In the eleventh grade, Coach Small gave me another nickname, so I had three nicknames. Sometimes Coach Small would give some of his players nicknames and most of his students in his physical education classes and around school. He would call you Arra Papa or Kiddie or Bubba, and the girls he would just call them baby or daughter. He had great respect for women and girls, and especially Mrs. Lillian Small (his wife).

Coach Small gave me my third nickname of Stove Pipe. (I’ll explain it to you how I got that name, after you have purchased the book).