Yank (nickname)

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Yank is a nickname for:

  • Yank Adams (1847–1923), American professional carom billiards player specializing in finger billiards
  • Yank Azman (born 1947), Canadian television and movie actor
  • Yank Barry (born 1948), Canadian musician and businessman
  • Charles A. Bernier (1890–1963), American football, basketball and baseball player, coach and college administrator
  • Irwin Boyd (1908–1979), American National Hockey League player
  • Robert B. "Yank" Heisler (1949–2017), American retired business executive and current university dean
  • Yank Lawson (1911–1995), American jazz trumpeter
  • Yank Levy (1897–1965), Canadian soldier, military instructor and author of one of the first manuals on guerrilla warfare
  • Yank Rachell (1910–1997), American country blues mandolin and guitar player
  • Yank Robinson (1857–1894), American Major League Baseball player
  • Yank Terry (1911–1979), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Wayne Warren (born 1962), Welsh darts player
  • Stan Yerkes (1874–1940), American Major League Baseball pitcher

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