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YMMB was named for Harry Hawker
Ah yes! That is clearly so.
Harry Hawker
, known as "
Moorabbin
" to his friends! Legend goes that he got this nickname as a youngster in the days when he used to go rabbit hunting, or rabbiting. Young Harry in his excitment at the propect of going rabbiting was want to abbreviate it to "rabbin", and was often heard appealing to his father for "More rabbin" (ie "more rabbiting").
Hence the nickname
Harry "Morabbin" Hawker
.
GGtA
Note: the original "Morabbin" subsequently acquired a second "o" to give it a more indigenous look, thus the "Moorabbin" we know today.
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