Sedge - last name Southwick, so called sedgewick, shortened to sedge
Woos = Me - a coach couldn't pronounce my name - called me woosenback, shortened to woos
Moose - Me - some girls heard my buddies call me woos and they thought it was moose, so that became my new nickname
Blimp - was an all-state football player and golden gloves boxing champ who was rather rotund
Runt - was blimp's brother who was not small, but was small by comparison
Animal - blimp and runt's little brother
two beers - couldn't hold his liquour
beaver - short for beaver head, his head was rather flat in back - some of these are sort of mean sounding, but we all accepted them with humor.
Rets - short for cigarettes, he was a heavy smoker
Doggy - somebody thought he looked like a doggy and it stuck
JAT the Cat - James Arthur Teegarden
Seminole - Somebody saw a fishing show with a Seminole Indian guide, and thought he looked like him
Heavy - last name Heavalow
There are more - everybody had a nickname - but this is enough
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