Great Nicknames
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And the sad short life of the original "Big Daddy" Lipscomb.
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I see that Duke Johnson's real name is Randy. I guess he didn't want to be confused with The Big Unit.
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Byron "Whizzer" White was a Supreme Court justice in later life. U. of Colo. AA HB was once the highest paid NFL player.
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Former Browns' LB & now Judge Dick "Bam-Bam" Ambrose.
The Whizzer White reference spurred my memory on this one.
Mike
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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.
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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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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