Question:  The Crazy Gang played frequent and outrageous practical jokes on a former player frequently known by what nickname?
Sentence (from "Crazy Gang"): The name, originally that of a well known group of British comedy entertainers popular in the late 1930s, was used because of the often cheeky and boisterously macho behaviour of Wimbledon's players, who were in the habit of playing frequent and outrageous practical jokes on each other and on the club's manager Dave Bassett (later Bobby Gould and still later Joe Kinnear).
Relevant evidence: Yes