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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

  • 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....

  • Some cool team and position group names like the Hogs....Purple People Eaters.....Fearsome Foursome....The Dawgs.....Denver Orange Crush......Detroit Bad Boys......Houstons Smurfs.....

  • Andre "Bad Moon" Rison

  • It would just be wrong to forget the "Sweetness" of Walter Payton. My Fav in my Era.

  • Dwight "Mad Dog" White...

    The Steelers had a "dog" before the Browns lol!

    Stuart said:

    Dwight "Mad Dog" White...

    The Steelers had a "dog" before the Browns lol!

    But our Mad Dog was in a Meat Market.

  • While we our on the subject of nicknames. Johnson, Crow and West= 3 Headed Monster? (Not 4) but The 3 Horseman? Where does a 3 Tandem Backfield rank in this league?? I like our chances..

  • 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.

  • Stuart said:

    Dwight "Mad Dog" White...

    The Steelers had a "dog" before the Browns lol!

    But our Mad Dog was in a Meat Market.

    @the-gipper said:

    But our Mad Dog was in a Meat Market.

    We also had a "Gleam"

  • Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch

    Broadway Joe Namath

  • Bob Hurricane Hannah ( moto-x legend )

  • 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

  • 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.

    @the-gipper said:

    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////

  • @the-gipper said:

    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////

    @mudfly said:

    Webstar......Michael Dean of Defense Perry....the Ice Cube......

    Pierre Desir was the assassin in college////

    Wasn't Michael Dean also called "Alligator" Arms?

    Maybe we should give Pierre the nickname "Streetcar"? Chris Berman will.

  • Dale Earnhardt "The Intimidator"

    That has got to be in the top 5 all-time

  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Deion "PrimeTime" Sanders for you FSU Fans (sorry for "Famous" Jameis Winston tough)

  • 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

  • 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.

    @the-gipper said:

    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.

  • Earnest The Fumble Byner

    Too soon?

  • Barkevious Mingo's nickname Kiki