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From: [email protected] (Allan Sullivan)
Subject: Don's nickname "grapes" (was Re: Don Cherry - help me out, here)
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georgeh@gjhsun (George H) writes:
>[email protected] (Laurie Marshall) writes:
>>Don got his nickname 'Grapes' but I'm not sure. Don use to coach the
>>Boston Bruins. I don't know exactly when that was. Could someone fill
>>me in on this info?
>I think that the name 'grapes' came because as coach (for the Bruins ?
>or in the minors ?) he used to chew on grapes to keep from getting
>dehydrated during the games. His dog Blue may have been named
>'cause he liked Labatts beer ... anyone know about that ?
According to "Quotations from Chairman Cherry", Don was playing in
Springfield. He and another player had to pay some fines; the other
player had his paid off, but not Don didn't want to.
Don called the other player a "teacher's Pet", and the other player
replied "Ah, that's just sour grapes".
Don't know how accurate that is, but that's what's printed.