Digger (nickname)

Digger is a nickname for:

• Russell Aitken (RAF officer) (1913–1989), New Zealand pilot and Royal Air Force group captain during the Second World War
• John Barnes (born 1963), Jamaican-born English former footballer and manager
• Arthur Brown (footballer, born 1858) (1859–1909), English footballer
• Duane G. Carey (born 1957), former NASA astronaut and retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel
• Al Cervi (1917–2009), American National Basketball League and National Basketball Association player and coach
• Digger Dawson (1905–?), English footballer
• Dale DeGray (born 1963), former National Hockey League player
• Paul Diggin (born 1985), English rugby union player
• William James (1930–2015), Australian Army major general
• Digger Kettle (1922–1999), English footballer
• Peter Martin (born 1968), English former cricketer
• Rupert Murdoch, media baron, so named by Private Eye
• Billy O'Dell (1933–2018), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ken Phelps (born 1954), former Major League Baseball player
• Digger Phelps (born 1941), American basketball coach and sportscaster
• Digger Robertson (William Robertson, 1861–1938), Australian cricketer
• Digger Stanley (1876–1919), English boxer
• William "Digger" Thomas (1890–1953), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

• Willard "Digger" Barnes, a character from the TV series, Dallas

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Digger
• All pages with titles containing Digger