Ron Harris (footballer) Ron Harris (footballer) Ronald Edward Harris (born 13 November 1944 in Hackney, London, England), known by the nickname "Chopper", is a former English footballer who played for Chelsea in the 1960s and 1970s. Harris is widely regarded as one of the toughest defenders of his era – along with players such as Tommy Smith and Norman Hunter – hence the nickname. His brother Allan Harris was also a professional footballer and they were teammates at Chelsea in the mid-1960s. Harris was a member of the Chelsea side which won the FA Youth Cup in 1961 and made his senior club
Chopper (Judge Dredd) Chopper (Judge Dredd) Chopper (also known as Marlon Shakespeare) is a fictional character appearing in British comics anthologies "2000 AD" and "Judge Dredd Megazine". He was created by John Wagner and Ron Smith (with a redesign for his Midnight Surfer persona by Cam Kennedy) and has appeared in numerous "Judge Dredd" stories, including "Oz", and has his own eponymous series. The concept and name comes from a fan letter to "2000 AD", which was signed off "From Chopper". Wagner says "there was something about the lad we [him and Grant] liked and we put some of his character into Chopper".