Cannonball (nickname)

Cannonball is the nickname of:

• Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975), American jazz alto saxophonist
• Erwin Baker (1882–1960), American motorcycle and automobile racing driver and organizer
• Harry Frederick Baker (1904–1986), Australian speedway motorcycle rider and aviator
• Jim Butler (American football) (1943–2014), American National Football League running back
• Paul Carter (darts player) (born 1974), English darts player
• Clyde Crabtree (1905–1994), American football player
• Ed Crane (baseball) (1862–1896), American Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder
• Norman Curtis (1924–2009), English footballer
• Charlie Fleming (1927–1997), Scottish footballer
• Bill Jackman (1897–1972), American pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues
• Lawson Little (1910–1968), American golfer
• Cannon Ball Miller (fl. 1900–1906), baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues
• Ed Morris (1880s pitcher) (1862–1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Didier Pitre (1883–1934), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dick Redding (1890–1948), American pitcher, outfielder and manager in the Negro leagues
• Frank Richards (performer) (1887–1969), American vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball
• Ledell Titcomb (1866–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Gus Weyhing (1866–1955), American Major League Baseball pitcher

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Cannonball
• All pages with titles containing Cannonball
• Jackie Chan (born 1954), Hong Kong actor and martial artist nicknamed Pao-pao ("Cannonball")
• Dave Hickson (1929–2013), English footballer nicknamed "Cannonball Kid"
• John Maulbetsch (1890–1950), American college football player nicknamed "the Michigan Cannon Ball"