One of the fun things about remembering the old days is the nicknames
that the players were given, some by the fans and some by the
other players.
OK, so Churruca was 'The Chief', Juaristi was 'Hollywood',
and Bolivar was 'Boli', but let's see how many of these
you can identify:
At Bridgeport: Chino, Lucy, The Baker, The Tailor,The Dentist,
The Barracuda, The Butterfly, The Cube, Sticks, Stubby
At Hartford: Tank, The Penguin, Rocky, Cookie, Oreo, The Machine,
The Priest, The Jap, Sally, Zoh (not ZOO = Zulaica)
I was surprised when i watched a partido match on this website
that Bolivar was playing as Txikito de Bolivar. I'd never heard
that one. I am assuming that Txikito is the Basque equivalent
of 'The Kid'. When was that match played? Boli looked
older and slower than I recall. When I watched him and he'd get
behind, he'd just take over a game and play almost every point
as though he was playing alone. He certainly did not do that in
the video.
By the way, we also called Boli 'The Spider' because
of the way he walked with his shoulders hunched so that his arms
hung at a peculiar angle like a spider's.
