Cannonball

Cannonball

A cannonball is round shot ammunition for a cannon.

By analogy, cannonball is also the name or nickname of:

* A diving technique in swimming; unlike competitive diving techniques, however, its purpose is to maximize, rather than minimize, splash on water entry.

People
* Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, jazz alto saxophonist
* Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker, (1882-1960), man who traveled across the USA several times, and in whose honor, the "Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash" (aka "The Cannonball Run") was created
* Frank "Cannonball" Richards, a vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball

Fictional Characters
* Experiment 520, a character from Disney's "Lilo & Stitch: The Series"
* Cannonball ("Transformers"), the Decepticon space pirate in the "Transformers" toy line.
* Cannonball (comics), Sam Guthrie, a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men.

Movies
* "Cannonball" (1976), a film inspired by Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker and his race
* "The Cannonball Run" (1981)
* "Cannonball Run II" (1984)

Music albums/songs
* "Cannonball" (Pat Green album), an album by Pat Green
* "Cannonball" (The Breeders song), a song by the Breeders from the album "Last Splash"
* "Cannonball" (Supertramp song), a song by Supertramp from the album "Brother Where You Bound"
* "Cannonball" (Damien Rice song)", a song by Damien Rice from his 2002 album "O"
* "Cannonball", a song by Five Iron Frenzy from their 2004 album "The End Is Near"
* "Cannonball", a song by Dog Eat Dog from their album "Walk with Me"

Places
* Cannon Ball, North Dakota, a city in the USA

Television series
* "Cannonball" (TV series), a TV show about two truck drivers, produced in Canada in 1958-59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959-60

Trains
* "The Cannonball" an Illinois Central passenger train routing between Chicago and New Orleans, now designated in modern times as the "City of New Orleans"
* The "Cannonball", a train operated by the Long Island Rail Road along its Montauk Branch

ee also

* Cannonball MC
* Cannonball Run
* "Galileo's Cannonball", the first episode of "Legends of the Hidden Temple"


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