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Western Illinois University's men's teams are called "The Leathernecks" ('Necks for short). This is name honors WIU's first coach Ray Hanson who fought in WW II.
The women's teams have the really scary name "The WesterWinds" (Winds for short) thus saving WIU's women from being called The Lady Leathernecks, which kinda sounds like one of those movies they show on Cinemax around 11:00 in the evening.
My high school team was nicknamed the Bengals, but my favorite nickname belonged to Freeport HS - the Pretzels! Now, that's fierce!
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