Chink (nickname)
Chink was the nickname of some athletes or military figures, predominantly American in the early 20th century. It is often adjudged to be a reference to someone's appearance. The nickname is an ethnic slur originally referring to a person of Chinese descent. However, not all uses of the nickname were derived in that manner: basketball player Chink Crossin received the nickname as an onomatopoeia for the sound that chain basketball nets make when a shot goes through, and British Army officer Eric Dorman-Smith was given the nickname due to his resemblance to a Chinkara antelope. Notable persons with the nickname include:
- Chink Alterman, American professional basketball player
- Chink Crossin, American professional basketball player
- Eric Dorman-Smith, Irish officer in the British Army and the Irish Republican Army
- John Heileman, American Major League Baseball player in 1901
- Bankson T. Holcomb Jr., United States Marine Corps brigadier general
- William O. Lowe, American college football player, lawyer, and Republican political figure in Tennessee
- Chink Outen, American Major League Baseball player in 1933
- Chink Taylor, American Major League Baseball player in 1925
- Albert Zachary, American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1944