Other Nicknames
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How about Dizzy and Daffy Dean, baseball playing brothers from another era way back in time...
Peace
T.Dawg
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What about Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra?
Come on peeps no one names there kid YOGI.
He's smarter than the average Berra.
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.
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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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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.
...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
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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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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.
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.
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Well, it is a shallow well.
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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
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
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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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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
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
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