Rejected Nicknames Trivia
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The team is not named after Paul Brown....at least according to Paul Brown. Who is it named after...per him?
Joe Louis...but according to WIKI Paul Brown later admitted he made up the story.
In June 1945, a committee selected "Panthers" as the new team's name, named after a failed American Football League franchise in Cleveland which only lasted a single season in 1926. It is unclear whether "Panthers" was the highest vote-getter, or if it was second-highest behind "Browns", which was again rejected by Paul Brown.[22][23] However, the owner of the failed AFL Panthers franchise, General C. X. Zimmerman, indicated that he owned the name "Cleveland Panthers", and would insist on compensation if it was used. At this point, Paul Brown bowed to popular sentiment and agreed to the "Browns" name.[23]
Brown remained uncomfortable with the idea of the team being named after him. For some time after, he would occasionally cite an alternate history of the team name, claiming that they were actually named after boxer Joe Louis, whose nickname was "The Brown Bomber". This alternate history of the name was even supported by the team as being factual as recently as the mid-1990s, and it continues as an urban legend to this day. However, Paul Brown never held fast to the Joe Louis story, and later in his life admitted that it was false, invented to deflect unwanted attention arising from the team being named after him. The Browns and the NFL now both support the position that the team was indeed named after Paul Brown
Joe Louis...but according to WIKI Paul Brown later admitted he made up the story.
In June 1945, a committee selected "Panthers" as the new team's name, named after a failed American Football League franchise in Cleveland which only lasted a single season in 1926. It is unclear whether "Panthers" was the highest vote-getter, or if it was second-highest behind "Browns", which was again rejected by Paul Brown.[22][23] However, the owner of the failed AFL Panthers franchise, General C. X. Zimmerman, indicated that he owned the name "Cleveland Panthers", and would insist on compensation if it was used. At this point, Paul Brown bowed to popular sentiment and agreed to the "Browns" name.[23]
Brown remained uncomfortable with the idea of the team being named after him. For some time after, he would occasionally cite an alternate history of the team name, claiming that they were actually named after boxer Joe Louis, whose nickname was "The Brown Bomber". This alternate history of the name was even supported by the team as being factual as recently as the mid-1990s, and it continues as an urban legend to this day. However, Paul Brown never held fast to the Joe Louis story, and later in his life admitted that it was false, invented to deflect unwanted attention arising from the team being named after him. The Browns and the NFL now both support the position that the team was indeed named after Paul Brown
Yes, we are all well aware of this history. But, lets face it.....if Paul Brown says that the team was named for Joe Louis....then there is clearly a basis for claiming it was named for Joe Louis......and even if PB later says that story was a bit disingenuous, it was still a fact.
Browns fans simply accept the idea that the team was essentially, in some form or another, named after both men. They are, after all, the Browns, not the Brown.
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos\Dolphins
3. Apollos
4. Borros\Cowboys
5. Peaches\Falcons
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays\Buc's
9. Presidents\Redskins
10. Unicorns
11. Romans\49ers
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners\Jets
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules\Broncos
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix\Arizona
Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos\Dolphins NO
3. Apollos
4. Borros\Cowboys NO
5. Peaches\Falcons Check
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays\Buc's NO
9. Presidents\Redskins NO
10. Unicorns
11. Romans\49ers NO
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners\Jets NO
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules\Broncos NO
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix\Arizona What team?
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4 is the Spurs I believe.
20 is Calgary or some other Canadian town, or at least I hope so.
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos\Dolphins NO
3. Apollos
4. Borros\Cowboys NO
5. Peaches\Falcons Check
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays\Buc's NO
9. Presidents\Redskins NO
10. Unicorns
11. Romans\49ers NO
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners\Jets NO
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules\Broncos NO
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix\Arizona What team?
Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos\Dolphins NO
3. Apollos
4. Borros\Cowboys NO
5. Peaches\Falcons Check
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays\Buc's NO
9. Presidents\Redskins NO
10. Unicorns
11. Romans\49ers NO
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners\Jets NO
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules\Broncos NO
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix\Arizona What team?
Cadinals
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos\Dolphins NO
3. Apollos
4. Borros\Cowboys NO
5. Peaches\Falcons Check
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays\Buc's NO
9. Presidents\Redskins NO
10. Unicorns
11. Romans\49ers NO
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners\Jets NO
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules\Broncos NO
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix\Arizona What team?
Cadinals
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Good effort so far boys. Only problem: no success. Only the Falcons coulda been Peaches gotten so far. Keep trying.
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos\Dolphins
3. Apollos
4. Borros\Cowboys
5. Peaches\Falcons
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays\Buc's
9. Presidents\Redskins
10. Unicorns
11. Romans\49ers
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners\Jets
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules\Broncos
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix\Arizona
Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors/Padres
2. Flamingos\marlins
3. Apollos/Mets
4. Borros\spurs
5. Peaches\Falcons
6. Beaches/Angels
7. Lumberjacks/trailblazers
8. Stingrays\chargers
9. Presidents\nationals
10. Unicorns/ha...steelers?
11. Romans/Giants
12. Blizzard/Wild
13. Dragons/Rams
14. Skyliners/royals
15. Juice/James Harrison's Steelers
16. Blue Ox/predators
17. Mules/spurs
18. Steers/texans
19. Screaming Squid/cmon
20. Mounties/senators
21. Phoenix\Arizona
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors/Padres
2. Flamingos\marlins
3. Apollos/Mets
4. Borros\spurs
5. Peaches\Falcons
6. Beaches/Angels
7. Lumberjacks/trailblazers
8. Stingrays\chargers
9. Presidents\nationals
10. Unicorns/ha...steelers?
11. Romans/Giants
12. Blizzard/Wild
13. Dragons/Rams
14. Skyliners/royals
15. Juice/James Harrison's Steelers
16. Blue Ox/predators
17. Mules/spurs
18. Steers/texans
19. Screaming Squid/cmon
20. Mounties/senators
21. Phoenix\Arizona
Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors/Padres NO
2. Flamingos\marlins Check
3. Apollos/Mets NO
4. Borros\spurs NO
5. Peaches\Falcons Check
6. Beaches/Angels NO
7. Lumberjacks/trailblazers NO
8. Stingrays\chargers NO
9. Presidents\nationals NO
10. Unicorns/ha...steelers? NO
11. Romans/Giants NO
12. Blizzard/Wild No..but oh very close.
13. Dragons/Rams NO
14. Skyliners/royals NO
15. Juice/James Harrison's Steelers Should be, but NO
16. Blue Ox/predators NO
17. Mules/spurs NO
18. Steers/texans NO
19. Screaming Squid/cmon Its true.
20. Mounties/senators NO
21. Phoenix\Arizona What Arizona?
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
1. Senors
2. Flamingos
3. Apollos
4. Borros
5. Peaches
6. Beaches
7. Lumberjacks
8. Stingrays
9. Presidents
10. Unicorns
11. Romans
12. Blizzard
13. Dragons
14. Skyliners
15. Juice
16. Blue Ox
17. Mules
18. Steers
19. Screaming Squid
20. Mounties
21. Phoenix
Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
Bit of a tough gig. I will give a few hints:
1. Senors...Calif. team
2. Flamingos...done.
3. Apollos....better than what the dumbasses came up with.
4. Borros....pronounce the word literally,
5. Peaches..done
6. Beaches...as in famous
7. Lumberjacks...yes, think where they have trees
8. Stingrays....coastal city
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you.
10. Unicorns....I can't come up with a clue on this one
11. Romans....think of a place named after a Roman
12. Blizzard...yea, where do they get a lot of snow.
13. Dragons....keep thinking reptilian
14. Skyliners....let's see, what city has a notable skyline?
15. Juice...where do they make juice?
16. Blue Ox...who had a blue ox and where did he hang.
17. Mules....another team in town had a mule for a mascot...that is why this name was suggested.
18. Steers....who handles Steer?
19. Screaming Squid ...already gave hint that this team is named for another sea creature.
20. Mounties...already gave hint that this team originated in Canada....and that is a clue.
21. Phoenix....yea, not too hard to figure where this team plays.
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8. Stingrays a guess sorta but wasn't that one of the FLA MLB team names?
Glad they didn't take it, besides I always liked it better on my old Corvette.
19. The squid has to be Seattle?
8. Stingrays a guess sorta but wasn't that one of the FLA MLB team names?
Tampa's Rays were once known as the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays"... might be what you were thinking of... or not...
Meanwhile really few ideas on unhinted OP, but now can offer a WAG or two...
1. Senors...Calif. team San Diego Padres
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you. Like Washington? MLB's Nationals?
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8. Stingrays a guess sorta but wasn't that one of the FLA MLB team names?
Tampa's Rays were once known as the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays"... might be what you were thinking of... or not...
Meanwhile really few ideas on unhinted OP, but now can offer a WAG or two...
1. Senors...Calif. team San Diego Padres
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you. Like Washington? MLB's Nationals?
Tampa's Rays were once known as the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays"... might be what you were thinking of... or not... NO
Meanwhile really few ideas on unhinted OP, but now can offer a WAG or two...
1. Senors...Calif. team San Diego Padres Still no after someone else said that.
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you. Like Washington? MLB's Nationals? Again still no after previous same guesses.
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Is Z gonna make an effort here? I will give this until early afternoon.
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
Bit of a tough gig. I will give a few hints:
1. Senors...Calif. team
2. Flamingos...done.
3. Apollos....better than what the dumbasses came up with.
4. Borros....pronounce the word literally,
5. Peaches..done
6. Beaches...as in famous
7. Lumberjacks...yes, think where they have trees
8. Stingrays....coastal city
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you.
10. Unicorns....I can't come up with a clue on this one
11. Romans....think of a place named after a Roman
12. Blizzard...yea, where do they get a lot of snow.
13. Dragons....keep thinking reptilian
14. Skyliners....let's see, what city has a notable skyline?
15. Juice...where do they make juice?
16. Blue Ox...who had a blue ox and where did he hang.
17. Mules....another team in town had a mule for a mascot...that is why this name was suggested.
18. Steers....who handles Steer?
19. Screaming Squid ...already gave hint that this team is named for another sea creature.
20. Mounties...already gave hint that this team originated in Canada....and that is a clue.
21. Phoenix....yea, not too hard to figure where this team plays.
Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
Bit of a tough gig. I will give a few hints:
Probably too tough. Here are answers
1. Senors...Calif. team The Oakland Raiders
2. Flamingos...done. Miami Marlins
3. Apollos....better than what the dumbasses came up with. As in Dumbass Texans.
4. Borros....pronounce the word literally, Borros...Burroughs....as in NYC Burroughs ...The Jets..fka Titans
5. Peaches..done Atlanta Falcons
6. Beaches...as in famous Miami Heat
7. Lumberjacks...yes, think where they have trees Seattle Seahawks
8. Stingrays....coastal city Jacksonville Jaguars
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you.
There are only 3 major league cities that bear the same name as a President. (not including Houston...President of Republic of Texas).
Washington, Jackson(ville)....and Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers.
10. Unicorns....I can't come up with a clue on this one The Boston Celtics
11. Romans....think of a place named after a Roman Cincinattus was a Roman. The Bengals
12. Blizzard...yea, where do they get a lot of snow. Minnesota Timber Wolves.
13. Dragons....keep thinking reptilian Toronto Raptors
14. Skyliners....let's see, what city has a notable skyline? The New York Mets.
15. Juice...where do they make juice? Orlando Magic
16. Blue Ox...who had a blue ox and where did he hang. Minnesota Wild
17. Mules....another team in town had a mule for a mascot...that is why this name was suggested. Kansas City Chiefs
18. Steers....who handles Steer? Dallas Cowboys
19. Screaming Squid ...already gave hint that this team is named for another sea creature. The San Jose Sharks
20. Mounties...already gave hint that this team originated in Canada....and that is a clue. Vancouver nka Memphis Grizzlies
21. Phoenix....yea, not too hard to figure where this team plays. The Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Below is a list of names for teams that were once proposed for some of the current teams in the 4 major sports....but which were rejected in favor of those teams current name. I give you the rejected nickname, you say what the team actually became known as.
Bit of a tough gig. I will give a few hints:
Probably too tough. Here are answers
1. Senors...Calif. team The Oakland Raiders
2. Flamingos...done. Miami Marlins
3. Apollos....better than what the dumbasses came up with. As in Dumbass Texans.
4. Borros....pronounce the word literally, Borros...Burroughs....as in NYC Burroughs ...The Jets..fka Titans
5. Peaches..done Atlanta Falcons
6. Beaches...as in famous Miami Heat
7. Lumberjacks...yes, think where they have trees Seattle Seahawks
8. Stingrays....coastal city Jacksonville Jaguars
9. Presidents....name some Presidents and it may come to you.
There are only 3 major league cities that bear the same name as a President. (not including Houston...President of Republic of Texas).
Washington, Jackson(ville)....and Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers.
10. Unicorns....I can't come up with a clue on this one The Boston Celtics
11. Romans....think of a place named after a Roman Cincinattus was a Roman. The Bengals
12. Blizzard...yea, where do they get a lot of snow. Minnesota Timber Wolves.
13. Dragons....keep thinking reptilian Toronto Raptors
14. Skyliners....let's see, what city has a notable skyline? The New York Mets.
15. Juice...where do they make juice? Orlando Magic
16. Blue Ox...who had a blue ox and where did he hang. Minnesota Wild
17. Mules....another team in town had a mule for a mascot...that is why this name was suggested. Kansas City Chiefs
18. Steers....who handles Steer? Dallas Cowboys
19. Screaming Squid ...already gave hint that this team is named for another sea creature. The San Jose Sharks
20. Mounties...already gave hint that this team originated in Canada....and that is a clue. Vancouver nka Memphis Grizzlies
21. Phoenix....yea, not too hard to figure where this team plays. The Arizona Diamondbacks.
11. Romans....think of a place named after a Roman. Little Caesars
12. Blizzard...yea, where do they get a lot of snow. Minnesota Timber Wolves. Not Chicago? The first Dairy Queen opened up near there in Joliet Illinois.
15. Juice...where do they make juice? Orlando Magic. Not Buffalo in honor of OJ Simpson?
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