Swede (nickname)

Swede is a nickname for:

  • Carl Anderson (American football) (1898–1978), American college football head coach
  • Swede Ellstrom (1906–1994), American National Football League player
  • Geary Eppley (1895–1978), American university administrator, professor, agronomist, military officer, athlete and track and field coach
  • Swede Hagberg (1907–1960), American National Football League player
  • Swede Halbrook (1933–1988), American National Basketball Association player
  • Andy Hansen (1924-2002), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Tom Hanson (American football) (1907–1985), American National Football League player
  • Swede Johnston (1910–2002), American National Football League player
  • Swede Knox (1948–2021), Canadian hockey linesman
  • Swede Larson (c. 1899–1945), 23rd head football coach for the United States Naval Academy
  • Hugo Leistner (1902–2002), American hurdler
  • Swede Masin (1920–2005), American multi-sport college athlete and professional basketball player
  • Charles Momsen (1896–1967), American pioneer in submarine rescue and US Navy vice admiral
  • Swede Nordstrom (1896–1963), American National Football League player
  • Andy Oberlander (1905–1968), All-American football halfback
  • Norman Ralston (1916–2007), American pilot, flight instructor and businessman
  • Erwin Righter (1897–1985), college football and basketball player and coach
  • Swede Risberg (1894–1975), American Major League Baseball player
  • Swede Roos (1913–1979), American professional basketball player and coach
  • Swede Savage (1946–1973), American race car driver
  • Swede Vejtasa (1914–2013), American World War II flying ace
  • Swede Youngstrom (1897–1968), American National Football League player

See also
  • Tillie Anderson (1875–1965), Swedish-born American road and track cyclist known as "the Terrible Swede"
  • John Lawson (cyclist) (1872–1902), Swedish-American professional cyclist known as "the Terrible Swede"
  • Emory Parnell (1892–1979), American vaudeville performer and actor nicknamed "the Big Swede"
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