English soccer team Hull City seem poised to change their name from Hull City to Hull Tigers.
http://www.cityam.co...nge-application
The nickname (Tigers) the big issue here. It is their nickname, but it looks like it will progress from a 'nickname' to becoming a bona fide name. Just like us where the nickname 'bulldogs' is no longer a nickname because it has progressed to the legal name. Put in this context, here are a few American Presidents and what happens when the nickname evolves into the real name.
Franklin Roosevelt: 1932-1945
Harry Truman: 1935-1952
Ike: 1952-1960
John Kennedy: 1960-1963
Lyndon Johnson: 1963-1968
now for some Australian Prime Ministers
Robert Menzies: 1949- 1966
Harold Holt:1966-1967
John Gorton: 1967-1971
Big Ears: 1971-1972
Gough Whitlam: 1972-1975
Malcolm Fraser: 1975-1983
Bob Hawke: 1983-1991
One of the Australian Prime Ministers named above is appropriate for this saga with the Footscray name. Those advocating how the benefits of changing the name from Footscray to Western Bulldogs will come, is just like leaving the porch light on for Harold Holt.