<![CDATA[Great Nicknames]]>On the other thread we talked about the nickname given to Scott Solomon of "Bloodbath" which is a great nickname.

Give some of your other favorite player nicknames.

A few in similar vein that imply toughness in a player:

Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds...football

Phil Garner "Scrap Iron" ...baseball

Jack Tatum "The Assassin"...football

Lenny Dykstra "Nails"...baseball

Hammerin' Hank Aaron...baseball

Dick "Night Train" Lane....football

Bonecrusher Smith...boxer

Iron Mike Ditka

One guy didn't need a nickname: Butkus

Give others

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@darubes said:

Chris Fuamatu-Ma'Afala and he's a bad Ma'Afala.

Shut your mouth!

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/514446https://brownsboard.com/post/514446Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:29:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:44:45 GMT]]>I always remembered these guys as a team at Univ of Houston in the

Phi Slamma Jamma containing

Hakeem "the Dream"Olijauwon

Clyde "The Glide" Drexler

Benny " The Bernice Bomber" Anders

"Mean" Larry Michaux

Greg "Cadillac" Anderson

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Stuart said:

Yes he was scary good. My favorite rb...talk about collisions, check out the collision with Jack Tatum at 3:13...Holy fuck!

Imagine if Campbell in his prime could go back and play during the Jim Brown era...He would literally be unstoppable against those undersized and slow defenders.

The last of the Great Power Backs I have ever Seen. Or is it?? If the plan is to run the ball is their a Campbell the 2nd somewhere? We can't pass on a top QB in 2016, but that's just scary with our OL.. Can Crow get Fat and still run like that?? Crow's got the lower build of a Campbell IMO just to damn short per Chucky..

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/514040https://brownsboard.com/post/514040Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:18:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:16 GMT]]>Chris Fuamatu-Ma'Afala and he's a bad Ma'Afala.

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Stuart said:

Yes he was scary good. My favorite rb...talk about collisions, check out the collision with Jack Tatum at 3:13...Holy fuck!

Imagine if Campbell in his prime could go back and play during the Jim Brown era...He would literally be unstoppable against those undersized defenders.

The Tyler Rose

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@calfoxwc said:

Earl Campbell? Sure do. Mean Joe Greene said Earl inflicted more damage on a defense

than any other player he ever faced.

He paid a price for all the collisions.

He was scary good.

Yes he was scary good. My favorite rb...talk about collisions, check out the collision with Jack Tatum at 3:13...Holy fuck!

Imagine if Campbell in his prime could go back and play during the Jim Brown era...He would literally be unstoppable against those undersized and slow defenders.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513682https://brownsboard.com/post/513682Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:29:57 GMT]]>The And 1 basketball players had good nicknames like White Chocolate, Hot Sauce, Skip-to-my-lou, Half-man Half-amazing.

Many city hoop courts have a guy named Cornbread or Skillet. Do not volunteer to guard those guys.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513575https://brownsboard.com/post/513575Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:29:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:31:04 GMT]]>And Dizzy Dean's sidekick for Saturday baseball on TV was Pee Wee Reese. I don't recall if brother Daffy Dean was ever a guest.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513184https://brownsboard.com/post/513184Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:31:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:26:05 GMT]]>Not really nick names, but how about some really weird name changes?.....like......

World Be Free, He Hate Me, Metta World Peace, Chad Ocho Cinco......

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513160https://brownsboard.com/post/513160Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:26:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:12:46 GMT]]>Have to throw in here with my favorite baseball player of all time. Tony "Doggie" Perez. Yes I was a Reds fan but there's a dog reference there.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513149https://brownsboard.com/post/513149Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:12:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:58:54 GMT]]>The Flying Tomato. Shaun White, Snowboarder. Always liked that one.

Bill "Wagon Tongue" Keister......because he never stopped talking.

Babe Phelps...The Blimp. Because of his portly build. Oddly though he was afraid to fly and when his team started to travel by air, he retired and became "The Grounded Blimp".

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@taco918 said:

This won't be popular in these parts but Ozzie Smith is the only wizard.

Apparently not.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513056https://brownsboard.com/post/513056Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:54:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:47:27 GMT]]>There was a guy whose nickname was "Death to Flying Things". Interesting how one could get such a moniker.

...in checking....this guy Bob Ferguson, played before ballplayers actually used mitts. He was adept at catching the ball with his bare hands. (or as some surmised, he was a good duck hunter)

Other old nicknames:

Lou Gehrig before he became the Iron Horse had the nickname "Biscuit Pants"

Pud "Little Steam Engine" Galvin

Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy....but that went over well.

Frank "The Piano Mover" Smith

George "High Pockets" Kelly.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513054https://brownsboard.com/post/513054Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:47:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:01:37 GMT]]>Former Browns' LB & now Judge Dick "Bam-Bam" Ambrose.

The Whizzer White reference spurred my memory on this one.

Mike

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/513033https://brownsboard.com/post/513033Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:01:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:59:23 GMT]]>Byron "Whizzer" White was a Supreme Court justice in later life. U. of Colo. AA HB was once the highest paid NFL player.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/512999https://brownsboard.com/post/512999Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:39:04 GMT]]>This won't be popular in these parts but Ozzie Smith is the only wizard.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/512949https://brownsboard.com/post/512949Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:39:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:30:59 GMT]]>I see that Duke Johnson's real name is Randy. I guess he didn't want to be confused with The Big Unit.

2002-11-05-inside-johnson2.jpg

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/512855https://brownsboard.com/post/512855Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:30:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:26:38 GMT]]>And the sad short life of the original "Big Daddy" Lipscomb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Lipscomb

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/512792https://brownsboard.com/post/512792Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:26:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:38:14 GMT]]>Earl Campbell? Sure do. Mean Joe Greene said Earl inflicted more damage on a defense

than any other player he ever faced.

He paid a price for all the collisions.

He was scary good.

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@calfoxwc said:

Nice job, Gumby - I was wrong, I labeled him a rb because I remembered his

running the ball like a little wild man and going for big yards.

Except it -was- on krs.

Still a great nickname.

Good stuff. Think you and many other players still have thoughts of Earl Campbell running them over.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/512697https://brownsboard.com/post/512697Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:13:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:59:38 GMT]]>Nice job, Gumby - I was wrong, I labeled him a rb because I remembered his

running the ball like a little wild man and going for big yards.

Except it -was- on krs.

Still a great nickname.

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@calfoxwc said:

It occured to me, that there is a famous one missing. Oddly enough, it's a running back, the same

size as Duke Johnson.

The same name. How is that for cool?

Billy "White Shoes" Johnson !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Johnson_(American_football)

No bubble bursting here, but B. "White Shoes" Johnson was not a RB but was a bitchin kick returner and WR. Those White Shoes were not that fast in the Wildcard Game in Cleveland in the Snow, as I Froze My Ass Off from the Pound. Woof Woof!! We good with DuuuKKKEEE for now.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/512647https://brownsboard.com/post/512647Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:42:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Great Nicknames on Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:39:06 GMT]]>I prefered Ken "The Mouse" McFadden.

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