OT: Great sports nicknames.

[bullettoothtony]

How in the world did I forget:

Deion Sanders - "Prime Time"

 

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Christian Okoye - "Nigerian Nightmare"

 

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Raghib Ismail - "The Rocket"

Qadry Ismail - "The Missile"

 

[Acc1950]

Jim “Mudcap” Grant

Howard “hopalong” Cassidy

Wilmer “Vinegar Bend” Mizell

“Preacher” Roe

 

[DukeDenver]

Maurice Jones-Drew “Pocket Hercules”

Jadeveon Clowney “Doo doo”

 

[skysdad]

"Sudden"Sam McDowell. MLB pitcher. OFC

 

[Hurley22]

Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas

 

[hart2chesson]

Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez

OFC

 

[Hurley22]

Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson

 

[QC Dukie]

Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson

My wife calls me big unit........hmmmm

 

[Hurley22]

Tyus "Stones" Jones

 

[meisperplexed]

Shaun White - The Flying Tomato

 

[Liftee]

Clarence "Big House" Gaines.

Nevil "The Shadow" Shed

I know it's not real, but Ebby Calvin "Nuke" Laloosh.

 

[christophero]

Ickey Woods. I'm assuming that was a nickname.

 

[Sgt Duke]

Jim "Catfish" Hunter

 

[Hurley22]

Larry "Grandmama" Johnson

 

[Acc1950]

Nice off season thread - liked the joke one last year:

Robert “the chief” Parish

Ted “the splendid splinter” Williams

“Haystack” Calhoun

“Gentleman Jim” Corbett

Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson

 

[VaBlueDevil33]

Has anyone mentioned Gene Banks alias Tinkerbell.

Great one

My favorite blue devil ever till Grant hill arrived in Durham

 

[hart2chesson]

Baseball

Oakland A's pitcher:

John "Blue Moon" Odom

St Louis Cardinals pitching HOFer and fireballer: "Bullet" Bob Gibson

OFC

 

[skysdad]

Jerry "Pumpsie " Green. MLB OFC

 

[Canadian Dukie]

Maurice "Rocket" Richard
Bobby "The Golden Jet" Hull
Sid "The 'Kid"Crosby

 

[skysdad]

"The Greatest." Muhammed Ali. OFC

 

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Rod Smart - "He Hate Me"

 

[skysdad]

Alan "The Horse " Ameche OFC

 

[Canadian Dukie]

Eric "Sleeping with"Bieniemy

 

[skysdad]

"Smokin" Joe Frazier. OFC

 

[dukiejay]

Alan "The Horse " Ameche OFC

Loved Berman....Some of my favorites

Chuck ‘New Kid on the’ Knoblauch

Jake ‘Daylight Come and You Gotta’ Delhomme

Mike ‘You’re in Good Hands With’ Alstott

Greg ‘Math’ Maddux

 

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Michael Irvin - "The Playmaker"

 

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Shaquille O'Neal - "The Diesel", "Superman", "Wilt Chamberneezy", "The Big Aristotle", "Osama bin Shaq" "Shaq Fu", "The Big Daddy", "The Big Shaqtus", "Shaq a Claus", among others

 

[skysdad]

Jake "the snake" Roberts. Pro rassler. OFC

 

[skysdad]

Harvey Maurice Evers aka Rip " The Profile " Hawk. Pro rassler. OFC

 

[bullettoothtony]

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

 

[hart2chesson]

Harvey Maurice Evers aka Rip " The Profile " Hawk. Pro rassler. OFC

One of the best Sky!

Also the manager for Hawk and Big Swede Hansen for awhile:

Gary "Playboy" Hart

OFC

 

[QC Dukie]

Ravishing Rick Rude

 

[Hurley22]

Eric "butterbean" Esch

 

[KDSTONE]

The Black Falcon

 

[BeerPoisoning]

Darrelle Revis - Revis Island

 

[RHFD]

Horace" Bones" McKinney

 

[RHFD]

Brook Robinson " The Human Vacuum Cleaner"

 

[skysdad]

Rufus R. "Freight Train " Jones. OFC