<![CDATA[Other Nicknames]]>Someone said they didn't like nicknames. I say, we couldn't have sports without nicknames. Here are only about 40 or so of the best ever:

Earvin "Magic" Johnson

"Crazy Legs" Hirsch

The Human Rain Delay..Mike Hargrove

The Chicotoumi Cucumber....a hockey player

Charlie Hustle...Pete Rose

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson

"Sweetness" Walter Payton

"Three Finger" Mordecai Brown

The Splendid Splinter...Ted Williams

The Sultan of Swat...Babe Ruth

Mr. October...Reggie Jackson

The Octopus....another hockey player

Dinner Bell Mel Turpin

Never Nervous Pervis Ellison

Mrs. Doubtfire....Colin Montgomerie

The Big Easy....Ernie Els

Pistol Pete Maravich

The Golden Bear...Jack Nicklaus

The Great White Shark...Greg Norman

The Walrus....Craig Stadler

"Bad Moon" Risin...Andre Risin

The Refrigerator...William Perry

The Iron Horse...Lou Gehrig

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe

The Assassin...Jack Tatum

The Microwave...Vinny Johnson

Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain aka The Big Dipper

Chocolate Thunder...Darryl Dawkins

"Bullet Bob" Hayes

"Prime Time" Neon Deion Sanders

The Mailman...Karl Malone (because he delivers)

The Yankee Clipper...Joe Dimaggio

Stretch McCovey

Akeem The Dream Olajuwan

Durantula...Kevin Durant

The Snake....Ken Stabler

"Spud" Webb

Broadway Joe...Namath

"Hammerin Hank" Aaron

Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson

Jim "Mudcat" Grant

Jim "Catfish" Hunter

The Logo....Jerry West

Lloyd "World B." Free (legally changed)

"Smokin'" Joe Frazier

"Oil Can" Boyd

The Black Mamba...Kobe Bryant

Sudden Sam McDowell

The Big Aristotle...Shaquille O'Neal

...and I don't think I included a single Browns player in the above....a few Indians and Cavs. Someone else can supply a list of Browns players nicknames.

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@brownb499 said:

Mike "Mad Dog" Junkin 🙂

"Touchdown" Tommy Vardell 😁

Gerard "BIG MONEY" Warren 😆

William " Why the fck did we waste a first rnd pick on this guy" Green 😳

That was Mike "Mad Dog in a Meat Market" Junkin actually, wasn't it?

Some later called Jim Brown "Black Superman".

Wasn't BK sometimes called "The Kid"?

don't forget "Pork Chop" Womack

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/173475https://brownsboard.com/post/173475Mon, 10 May 2010 15:23:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Other Nicknames on Sat, 08 May 2010 11:59:39 GMT]]>Mike "Mad Dog" Junkin 🙂

"Touchdown" Tommy Vardell 😁

Gerard "BIG MONEY" Warren 😆

William " Why the fck did we waste a first rnd pick on this guy" Green 😳

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@canton-mike said:

Yeah, I'm the guy who said he didn't care for nicknames, but you make some good points.

I stand corrected. It wouldn't be sport without them, would it? I guess I was looking at it as announcers using the nicknames & hadn't thought it out before posting. Sorry.

Mike

I know what you are saying. It is sort of like Chris Berman coming up with a nickname for all these ball players that are just puns on their names. Many of them seem forced.

However, some of those are classic:

Oddibe "young again" McDowell

Bert "Be home" Blyleven

Andre "Bad Moon" Risin

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/173054https://brownsboard.com/post/173054Fri, 07 May 2010 14:43:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Other Nicknames on Fri, 07 May 2010 10:17:21 GMT]]>Well, it is a shallow well. 😊

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@ballpeen said:

My only issue with nicknames is trying to make on up....they happen. A few fans don't decide.

Billy Whiteshoes Johnson

Turkey Jones

Leroy Fumble Hoard.

Kenny "Snake" Stabler....I wonder if that is similar to me having the nickname "Well rope"??

I'll stop now.

Some are obvious like Lou" The Toe" Groza. Others like Gerald " Ice Cube" McNeil or ball "Well rope" peen not so much.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/172837https://brownsboard.com/post/172837Fri, 07 May 2010 01:55:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Other Nicknames on Fri, 07 May 2010 00:26:57 GMT]]>My only issue with nicknames is trying to make on up....they happen. A few fans don't decide.

Billy Whiteshoes Johnson

Turkey Jones

Leroy Fumble Hoard.

Kenny "Snake" Stabler....I wonder if that is similar to me having the nickname "Well rope"??

I'll stop now.

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@the-gipper said:

...and I don't think I included a single Browns player in the above....a few Indians and Cavs. Someone else can supply a list of Browns players nicknames.

Off the top of my head.......

Eddie "The Assasin" Johnson

Walyter "The Flea" Roberts

Dante "Gluefingers" Lavelli

Hanford "Top Dawg" Dixon

Ozzie "The Wizard of Oz" Newsome

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/172810https://brownsboard.com/post/172810Fri, 07 May 2010 00:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Other Nicknames on Thu, 06 May 2010 22:54:56 GMT]]>Yeah, I'm the guy who said he didn't care for nicknames, but you make some good points.

I stand corrected. It wouldn't be sport without them, would it? I guess I was looking at it as announcers using the nicknames & hadn't thought it out before posting. Sorry.

Mike

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@momszer said:

What about Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra?

Come on peeps no one names there kid YOGI.

He's smarter than the average Berra. 😆

For some guys like Yogi their nickname is so engrained with the personality you don't think of them as actually being nicknames. Magic Johnson is kinda like that. Probably a few others. Babe Ruth for sure.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/172783https://brownsboard.com/post/172783Thu, 06 May 2010 20:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Other Nicknames on Thu, 06 May 2010 20:51:30 GMT]]>What about Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra?

Come on peeps no one names there kid YOGI.

He's smarter than the average Berra. 😆

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/172781https://brownsboard.com/post/172781Thu, 06 May 2010 20:51:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Other Nicknames on Thu, 06 May 2010 20:35:30 GMT]]>How about Dizzy and Daffy Dean, baseball playing brothers from another era way back in time...

Peace

T.Dawg

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