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Gomer
Gomer (גֹּמֶר, Standard Hebrew "Gómer", Tiberian Hebrew "Gōmer", ; ) was the eldest son of Japheth (and of the Japhetic line), and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10).
The eponymous Gomer, "standing for the whole family," as the compilers of the "Jewish Encyclopedia" expressed it, is also mentioned in Book of Ezekiel 38:6 as the ally of Gog,
, while his father worked at the local textile mill and ran the family farm. His nickname of "Gomer" came from a teammate Bob Wolfe on the Burlington Indians in 1964 due to his resemblance to Jim Nabors, who played the role of Gomer Pyle on television's The Andy Griffith Show and its spinoff Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. The nickname stuck with him throughout his career.
Playing career.
After being signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1963, Hodge began his professional career with the