What are your favorite sports nicknames?

[J_Dee]

I'll always be partial to Kenny Skywalker.

 

[ulismyman]

Charlie Hustle

 

[chroix]

The round mound of rebound

 

[Aike]

Chocolate Thunder.

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

Black Mamba. But I am a die hard lakers/kobe fan so that might explain that.

 

[UKvisitor]

Pistol Pete

 

[MrLair]

Does Big Blue Nation count?

 

[DeerTurkHunter1]

Big Boss Biscuit Hoss.

 

[Orville Boggs]

Bird-Man

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Scoochie Smith for Dayton

 

[jameslee32]

True Creature

 

[UKvisitor]

who was "True Creature" and how did that person get that handle?

 

[jameslee32]

Former Reds pitcher Ron Robinson.

Pete Rose or Marty Brennaman in the 80's I believe. He was a tall, odd looking dude with curly red hair if memory serves.

 

[TeoJ]

Pistol Pete

View embedded media

And a lot of people think he's not top 50. I was drinking

 

[UKvisitor]

And a lot of people think he's not top 50.

now you wink at me? creepy. don't wink at me. I never understood winks but it sets of security alarms.

 

[JFCats22]

The Kid

 

[jrpross]

I always found it hilarious that they gave Randy Johnson the nickname "the big unit".

The double meaning hit me one day a few years ago and I didn't stop laughing for hours.

 

[Orville Boggs]

Mule

 

[Ugoff]

Booger McFarland.

 

[UKvisitor]

It is the happiest of hours. Cheers.

 

[Orville Boggs]

L1C4 has to be up there!

 

[Orville Boggs]

OTIS a close 2nd!

 

[UKvisitor]

The OP asked for your favorite nicknames. Anything, louisville should disqualify as favorite. Maybe I am wrong.

 

[CELTICAT]

Boogie Cousins

 

[UKrazycat2]

OTIS a close 2nd!

 

[UKvisitor]

Boogie was a cool nickname. It is inferred in many ways.

 

[BurpinTurpin]

The Boston Butt-Burglar

 

[LowCountryCat]

Lenny "Nails" Dykstra

Rob "Nasty Boy" Dibble

Barles Charkley

Dick Trickle

Wait...that's his real name, right?

 

[deplion]

Going back a lot of years, but my all time favorite is:

Doug "The Fidrych" Bird

 

[catben]

UK edition

Goose - Jack Givens
Pillsbury Throw Boy - Jared Lorenzen
Dinner Bell Mel - Melvin Turpin
Babe - Vito Parilli
Wa Wa - Wallace Jones
Sky - Kenny Walker

Thunder and Lightening - Ron Mercer and Derek Anderson
King and Kong - Mike Phillips and Rick Robey
Twin Towers - Sam Bowie and Mel Turpin

Fiddling Five - 1958 Champs
Rupp's Runts - 1966 Runner ups
Unforgettables - 1992 Regional Runnerups
Untouchables - 1996 Champs
Comeback Cats - 1998 Champs

My all-time favorite:
Lawrence "Choo Choo" Lee

 

[jameslee32]

Going back a lot of years, but my all time favorite is:

Doug "The Fidrych" Bird

 

[UKvisitor]

Going back a lot of years, but my all time favorite is:

Doug "The Fidrych" Bird

Who are these people? It you thought enough of them to put them in this thread, Tell us about these people.

 

[deplion]

There was a baseball pitcher in the 70s named Mark Fidrych. He kind of looked like Big Bird, so he was given the nickname Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.

A few years later, a pitcher named Doug Bird comes along and gets tagged with the nickname Doug "The Fidrych" Bird.

I guess maybe it doesn't look so funny typed out like that, but it was hilarious back in the day. I guess you'll have to take my word for it.

He even had a bit of a Kentucky connection as he attended Manual High School in Louisville for a while.

 

[Orange Soda King]

Thon Maker's younger brother, Matur Maker.

Since he's the baby brother, he's called Baby Maker. No joke.

 

[drainthatub]

Air Jordan, the golden bear, tiger, prime time, the big hurt to name a few

 

[Deli owl]

The Big Aristotle.

 

[Larry Skaggs]

Octavio "Don't Ask" Dotel

 

[Cawood86]

Dr. J

 

[W2R]

Da meat hook from Florida

The brow

Monster mash

The fridge

The old ball coach. Even tho I hated the guy. Cool nickname

Mail man Malone

Big hurt

Round mound of rebound

Sweet pea pernell Whitaker

Vinny the pazamanian devil


As bad as I hate it. Johnny football was catchy


The Sheriff

Megatron



Bam is definitely my new favorite at UK

 

[BigBlueNationBigRedMachine]

Players:
Walter "Sweetness" Payton
"Magic" Johnson
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson

Teams:
The Big Red Machine
Phi Slamma Jamma
Murderer's Row