why was terrapin's nicknamed gumbler?
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Answer:Originally, the University of Maryland's nickname was the Old Liners, which came from Maryland's nickname, 'The Old Line State.' In the 1930s, Maryland football coach Dr. Harry C. Byrd chose the terrapin in response to the school newspaper's request for an official mascot.
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The nickname was coined in 1932 by Harry C. "Curley" Byrd, then the school's football coach and later the school's president. ... Byrd thought "Terrapins" was a good choice because of the diamondback terrapins endemic to the Chesapeake Bay region
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