Moose Trivia...

[Gehrig]

Where did Bill Skowron get the nickname "Moose" ?

[MLBfan]

Didn't someone call him Mussolini first?
And later it just became Moose from that I think.

[Gehrig]

Originally posted by MLBfan
Didn't someone call him Mussolini first?
And later it just became Moose from that I think.

You got it...

As a joke, Skowron's grandfather called him Mussolini, but his family shortened the nickname to Moose...

[Slippery Elm]

Why? Did he act like a Fascist, or was he bald as a kid??