What are your favorite sports nicknames?

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

'The Boz'

 

[_Rooster]

" The Louisville Lip "

 

[On-On-UK]

Austin Peay had a kid named James "Fly" Williams in the early 70s. He was a streetball legend from New York.

The student section would always yell, "The Fly is open - Let's go Peay"...

 

[sefleming]

Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider centerfielder for Dodgers #4
Bob "Hurricane" Hazel baseball player
Ron Penguin Cey baseball player
David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell
Dick Dr Strangeglove baseball player - called this due to lack of fielding

 

[jameslee32]

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

Cotton
The Horse
The Blonde Bomber
The Blur
Monster Mash
Jorts

 

[pikespeak1]

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

Explains alot actually.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Peter "Jergins" Jurkin

 

[PIGSKINCAT]

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

Here are a few more for the UK list

Charles "Cotton" Nash
Leroy "Big Boy " Edwards
Adrian "Odie" Smith

The Corbin Comit - Roger Bird
The Katzanjammer Kids - Kron,Conley, And Mickey Gibson

 

[straykat]

The "Say Hey" Kid
Oil Can
Hammerin' Hank

 

[ok-cats-computer]

Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva
"Iron" Mike Tyson
Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon

 

[fearthebluecat]

I have to go with the Doctor
revolutionized slam dunks and high flying .....plus one of only 9 players in college to avg over twenty points and 20 rebounds in a season.

 

[MakeIt8]

 

[Chino1176]

Eric gagne- game over
The golden boy
Macho comacho
Peanut tillman
The monster of the midway

 

[sefleming]

George Herman "Babe" Ruth