Pegleg

Pegleg

A "pegleg" is a type of artificial limb (Prosthesis). Peglegs are typified as a hand carved wooden peg fitted to a stump, as often seen in pirate movies. Peglegs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prosthesis do tend to have the same form.

Famous peg leg wearers

Historical

* François Leclerc (~1554), pirate
* Cornelius Jol, (1597-1641), pirate
* Peter Stuyvesant (1612-1672), Dutch director-general of New Amsterdam
* Clayton Bates aka Peg Leg Bates (1907-1998), Dancer Afro-American Amputee RAK
* Blas de Lezo (1687-1741), Spanish admiral
* Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), American politician
* Józef Sowiński (1777–1831), Polish 19th century general
* Daniel Sullivan (~1871), Chicagoan
* Thomas L. "Pegleg" Smith (1801-1866), American prospector

Fictional

* Pete, Disney's oldest reccuring character.
* Captain Ahab, character in "Moby Dick"
* Silas Wegg, character in "Our Mutual Friend" by Charles Dickens
* Wirt, character in the computer games "Diablo" and "Diablo II". His pegleg can be used to open the Secret Cow Level.
* Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, character from books and movies Harry Potter IV and up
* Seamus, a character in the American animated television series "Family Guy", see List of characters from Family Guy#Other characters

Not Quite Peglegs

* Long John Silver in the book "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stephenson, was missing a leg, but did not have a pegleg. He used a crutch.
* Davy Jones, a character in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", was missing a leg, but it was replaced by the leg of a crab.
* The Scotsman, in the "Samurai Jack" TV series, has his missing leg replaced by a machine gun.
* Cherry Darling, in the "Grindhouse" film "Planet Terror", has a missing leg replaced by an assault rifle.

Railroads

* Fulton Chain Railroad also known as the "Peg Leg" from its wooden rails.
* Bradford and Foster Brook Railway also known as the "Peg Leg" from its wooden support piles.


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