Pudge is a nickname of various people: Carlton Fisk (born 1947), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball catcher Pudge Heffelfinger (1867-1954), considered the first recorded professional American football player Pudge MacKenzie (1909-1960), American National Hockey League player Iván Rodríguez (born 1971), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball catcher Pudge Wyman (1895-1961), American football player credited with several National Football League firsts, including the first touchdown Lists of people by nickname