Sports nicknames.

[skysdad]

There have been tons of sports nicknames over the years so I thought it would be fun to see how many we can come up with. Some were known by their nicknames like Yogi Berra. I like some of the old guys because they were so original and you tend to wonder how the came up with the nickname. Post as many as wish on as many post as you wish. I'll start with these.

Satchel Page
Vinegar Bend Mizzel
Dick "Night Train"Lane
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
OFC

 

[Mark Gastineau]

Mean Joe Greene!

 

[dbav]

Donny Baseball...

 

[Mark Gastineau]

Donny Baseball...

That reminded me of Mr. October himself, Reggie Jackson.

 

[skysdad]

Donny Baseball...

Good one. OFC

 

[skysdad]

The Iron Horse Lou Gehrig. OFC

 

[OldasdirtDevil]

We've had some pretty good ones come from the ACC also.

Tree Rollins
Spud Webb
Tom 'Googs' Gugliotta
Stones Jones...we'll see how that translates to the NBA.

OFC

 

[Mark Gastineau]

"Sir Charles Barkley aka The Round Mound of Rebound"
- Easily one of my favorite all time athletes across all sports, mainly because I find him so hilarious. He would definitely be sitting across the table from me at a "You Can Have Dinner with 5 People" meal.

The GOAT, Earl Manigault. I need to learn more about his story.

 

[DukeSky85]

"Pistol" Pete Maravich
Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain
William "The Refridgerator" Perry

 

[dbav]

The Iron Horse Lou Gehrig. OFC

Mattingly was my favorite Yankee of all time. O'Neill is next. Then Gehrig.

I know Steinbrenner used to call O'Neill a Warrior but it never stuck like Big Pauly.

As a fan of epic stories I always loved the name Aeneas Williams. Not a nickname but was a great name for a great player.

 

[Willcampbell]

Peewee Reese and Hammerin' Hank Aaron.
OFC

 

[DutchDevil]

Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Sweetness (Walter Payton)
Magic Johnson
The Alaskan Assassin (Trajon Langdon)

 

[Willcampbell]

(Just as an aside, my LEAST favorite nicknames are those for anyone named "Rodriguez" putting the first initial before "Rod." A-Rod, B-Rod, C D and E-Rod. Thank God their are only 26 letters to deal with.)
OFC

 

[Mark Gastineau]

Penny Hardaway! I loved watching him play when I was growing up, and the Lil Penny commercials with Chris Rock were always hilarious. I always look at Penny and Grant Hill in the same light. It's a shame what injuries did to both of their careers.

 

[pisgah101]

Hick from French lick is my fav along with pistol which has been stated

 

[Mark Gastineau]

Black Falcon!

 

[hoosurdukie]

I was always partial to Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas. Grew up in Chicago while he was smacking homers out of Comiskey.

 

[pisgah101]

Black Falcon!

changed my mind this is the best one hahahaha

 

[skysdad]

The Captain. Derek Jeter
Cool Papa Bell
The Splendid Splinter Ted Williams
Say Hey Willie Mays.
Pumpsie Green
Willie "Stretch" McCovey. OFC

 

[DukeSky85]

White Chocolate -Jason Williams
Birdman- Chris Andersen
Splash Brothers- Steph Curry and Klay Thompson
PJ Hairston- TJ Hairystone

 

[HuffyJB]

I always thought Oil Can Boyd was as cool a nickname as there was.

 

[HuffyJB]

Penny Hardaway! I loved watching him play when I was growing up, and the Lil Penny commercials with Chris Rock were always hilarious. I always look at Penny and Grant Hill in the same light. It's a shame what injuries did to both of their careers.

I had those sneaks in the 90's with the 1¢ logo. They were pretty bad a**.

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

Two nicknames that always stick out to me belong to Babe Ruth: "The Great Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat"

 

[skysdad]

PJ Hairston. JP Hairsbrough.
James Michael McAdoo JaMicMac
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson
"Bullet" Bob Hayes
OFC

 

[gottagonow]

Johnny Football, Dick Butkus, World B Free, Dick Trickel

 

[dukiejay]

Mugsy Bogues
Kobe - The Black Mamba
Darryl Dawkins - Chocalate Thunder
"He's not your-vydas, he's not my-vydas, he's Arvydas" - Arvydas Sabonis
Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson
"Sweet" Lou Whitaker
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson

 

[OldasdirtDevil]

How 'bout that guy they call Coach K. I hear he's going to make it big someday.

OFC

 

[HuffyJB]

The Alaskan Assasain is probably the coolest Duke-related nickname.

 

[LetsGoDukies]

Since I'm a pretty big Nascar fan, I'll throw these out there..
The King - Richard Petty
The Intimidator - Dale Earnhardt
"Fireball" Roberts
Smoke - Tony Stewart
Happy Harvick - Kevin Harvick
Swervin Irvan - Ernie Irvan

 

[Laettner]

Gary Carter - The Kid
Connie Hawkins - The Hawk
Joe Namath - Broadway Joe
Dwight Gooden - Doctor K

 

[skysdad]

HOF Coach Roy " Smooth As Butter" Williams
PJ Hairston PA. Harrisburg
Mickey Mantle "The Commerce Comet"
Johnny "The Golden Arm" Unitas
OFC

 

[Crank_it_loud]

"Iron Mike" Tyson
"Rocket" Richard
"the Great 8" Alex Ovechkin
"The Great One" Gretzky
"Big Ben" Roethlisberger
"Slash" Kordell Stewart
"Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant
Shaq-Diesel

Ricky "Shake-n-bake" Bobby lol

 

[DutchDevil]

Boxing
"The Greatest" (Ali)
"Sugar" Ray Leonard
The Executioner (Bernard Hopkins)
Butterbean (Eric Esche)

 

[DukeSky85]

"The Admiral" -David Robertson
"The Glide" Clyde Drexler
"Big Country" Bryant Reeves
"White Mamba' Brian Scalabrine

 

[hpnole]

Duke player "missoula mule", Boxer, "bone crusher" smith. Boxer, "hurricane" carter . WF BB player Skeleton ?, he played with Len Chappel, Billy Packer, Jerry Steele-who coached at my alma mater for many years. "Bones" McKinney, WF and later Carolina Cougars BB teams coach. Damn, I feel old. I remember watching all these guys.

 

[DukeSky85]

Ponarkel.-Skysdad

 

[dbav]

"The Admiral" -David Robertson

I always liked that one.

 

[skysdad]

Ponarkel.-Skysdad

I figured someone would come up with that just not you. My own flesh and blood. OFC

 

[skysdad]

Gene "Tinkerbell" Banks
Larry Legend
Ken "The Snake" Stabler
Casey "The Old Perfessor" Stengel.
OFC

 

[DukeDenver]

Not a great nickname, but Jadeveon Clowney goes by "doo doo" amongst family and friends. It also applies to his NFL career so far.