Great Nicknames
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"Deacon" Jones...his real name was David. A lot of people don't know that.
"Mean" Joe Greene.
Ron Cey of the Dodgers was nicknamed "The Penguin" because of his slow waddling gait.
Rodger "The Dodger" Staubach
John "Frenchy" Fuqua
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
"Fast Willie" Parker
Jerome "The Bus" Bettis
Rodger "Rocket" Clemons
Wayne "The Great One" Gretsky
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
James "Silverback" Harrison
Ozzie "The Wizard of Oz" Newsome
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Clyde The Glide Drexler.....Billy White Shoes Johnson.....The Refridgerator....Turkey Jones......Big Daddy Carl Hairston....Karl The Mailman Malone....Neon Deon....
lots of boxers like ....Boom Boom Mancini...Tommy Hitman Hearns...money maker....sugar ray....
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Andre "Bad Moon" Rison
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Stuart said:
Dwight "Mad Dog" White...
The Steelers had a "dog" before the Browns lol!
But our Mad Dog was in a Meat Market.
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Browns nicknames:
Automatic Otto Graham
Johnny Football
The Rabbit....Travis Benjamin
The Oracle. The Schwartz. Mitchell Schwartz
The Crow....Isaiah Crowell
The Hawk...Andre Hawkins
Flash Gordon....Josh Gordon
The Sausage King.....John Hughes (I made that one up)
T-Bone Tony Jones
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
"Hair Jordan" Cameron (because of his flowing locks)
Joe Turkey Jones.
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Stuart said:
Dwight "Mad Dog" White...
The Steelers had a "dog" before the Browns lol!
But our Mad Dog was in a Meat Market.
But our Mad Dog was in a Meat Market.
We also had a "Gleam"
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Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
Broadway Joe Namath
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Some other NFL favorites of mine:
The Amish Rifle...Ryan Fitzpatrick
Bambi....Lance Alworth
Bullet Bob Hayes
Concrete Charlie...Chuck Bednarik
The Diesel.....John Riggins (later used by Shaq)
Fatso....Art Donovan
The Ghost (to the Post) Dave Caspar
Ironhead Heyward
The Kansas Comet....Gale Sayers
The Mad Stork....Ted Hendricks
The Nigerian Nightmare...Christian Okoye
Snake...Ken Stabler
Well Dressed...Amani Toomer
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Browns nicknames:
Automatic Otto Graham
Johnny Football
The Rabbit....Travis Benjamin
The Oracle. The Schwartz. Mitchell Schwartz
The Crow....Isaiah Crowell
The Hawk...Andre Hawkins
Flash Gordon....Josh Gordon
The Sausage King.....John Hughes (I made that one up)
T-Bone Tony Jones
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
"Hair Jordan" Cameron (because of his flowing locks)
Joe Turkey Jones.
Browns nicknames:
Automatic Otto Graham
Johnny Football
The Rabbit....Travis Benjamin
The Oracle. The Schwartz. Mitchell Schwartz
The Crow....Isaiah Crowell
The Hawk...Andre Hawkins
Flash Gordon....Josh Gordon
The Sausage King.....John Hughes (I made that one up)
T-Bone Tony Jones
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
"Hair Jordan" Cameron (because of his flowing locks)
Joe Turkey Jones.
Webstar......Michael Dean of Defense Perry....the Ice Cube......
Pierre Desir was the assassin in college////
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Browns nicknames:
Automatic Otto Graham
Johnny Football
The Rabbit....Travis Benjamin
The Oracle. The Schwartz. Mitchell Schwartz
The Crow....Isaiah Crowell
The Hawk...Andre Hawkins
Flash Gordon....Josh Gordon
The Sausage King.....John Hughes (I made that one up)
T-Bone Tony Jones
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
"Hair Jordan" Cameron (because of his flowing locks)
Joe Turkey Jones.
Webstar......Michael Dean of Defense Perry....the Ice Cube......
Pierre Desir was the assassin in college////
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Dale Earnhardt "The Intimidator"
That has got to be in the top 5 all-time
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Indians nicknames:
Tris Speaker....the Grey Eagle
Chris Sabo....Spuds
Jose Mesa.....Joe Table
Corey Kluber....Klubot
Von "Five for One" Hayes
Ken "Hawk" Harrelson
Travis Hafner: Pronk
Jim "Mudcat" Grant
Tito Francona I and Terry "Tito" Francona II
Roy Fosse: Mule
Sudden Sam McDowell
Dennis Martinez: El Presidente
Ding Dong Gary Bell
The Immortal Joe Azcue
Ben Francisco Treat
Andre "Thunder" Thornton
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Browns nicknames:
Automatic Otto Graham
Johnny Football
The Rabbit....Travis Benjamin
The Oracle. The Schwartz. Mitchell Schwartz
The Crow....Isaiah Crowell
The Hawk...Andre Hawkins
Flash Gordon....Josh Gordon
The Sausage King.....John Hughes (I made that one up)
T-Bone Tony Jones
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
"Hair Jordan" Cameron (because of his flowing locks)
Joe Turkey Jones.
Johnny Football
LOl... Manziel has earned many more nicknames than that!
Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis
Ernie "Arrowhead" Holmes...the shooter of police helicopters.
Wasn't there a "bullethead" on the Browns. His last name was Johnson, first name escapes me. Linebacker.
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