Like Willie “puddinhead” Jones
Elroy “crazy Legs” Hirsch
Meadowlark Lemon. Of course Meadow was his real first name
Elroy “crazy Legs” Hirsch
Meadowlark Lemon. Of course Meadow was his real first name
OT great sports Nicknames
05-22-2020, 04:09 PM
Thunder Justice Keck
Oh, never mind, that's his real name!
Honestly, I always like William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
Oh, never mind, that's his real name!
Honestly, I always like William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
Thunder Justice Keck
Oh, never mind, that's his real name!
Honestly, I always like William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
Oh, never mind, that's his real name!
Honestly, I always like William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
05-22-2020, 04:10 PM
Oil Can Boyd
Moonlight Graham
Doctor Strangeglove
Robert "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson
Carl "Quasimodo" Schrader, former Stanford FB center
Wee Willie "Hit em Where They Ain't" Keeler
"Jungle" Jim Rivera
Moonlight Graham
Doctor Strangeglove
Robert "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson
Carl "Quasimodo" Schrader, former Stanford FB center
Wee Willie "Hit em Where They Ain't" Keeler
"Jungle" Jim Rivera
I played against NO Neck. Tough guy, street fighter.
Bullet Bob Feller
Hank "Bow wow" Arft
Leo "Spaghetti" Rigetti
Sal "The Barber" Maglie
The Duke of Flatbush Snider
Whitey "Chairman of the Board" Ford
Walter "Big Train" Johnson
Bullet Bob Feller
Hank "Bow wow" Arft
Leo "Spaghetti" Rigetti
Sal "The Barber" Maglie
The Duke of Flatbush Snider
Whitey "Chairman of the Board" Ford
Walter "Big Train" Johnson
I played against NO Neck. Tough guy, street fighter.
Bullet Bob Feller
Hank "Bow wow" Arft
Leo "Spaghetti" Rigetti
Sal "The Barber" Maglie
The Duke of Flatbush Snider
Whitey "Chairman of the Board" Ford
Walter "Big Train" Johnson
Bullet Bob Feller
Hank "Bow wow" Arft
Leo "Spaghetti" Rigetti
Sal "The Barber" Maglie
The Duke of Flatbush Snider
Whitey "Chairman of the Board" Ford
Walter "Big Train" Johnson
The Wizard Of Oz. Ozzie Smith
The Splendid Splinter. Ted Williams
Don “Ears” Mossi
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The Splendid Splinter. Ted Williams
Don “Ears” Mossi
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The Wizard Of Oz. Ozzie Smith
The Splendid Splinter. Ted Williams
Don “Ears” Mossi
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The Splendid Splinter. Ted Williams
Don “Ears” Mossi
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05-22-2020, 05:05 PM
"Home Run" Baker.
Few people know his first name - James. Just as few are aware that the most home runs he ever hit in one season was 12. His career HR total was 93.
Few people know his first name - James. Just as few are aware that the most home runs he ever hit in one season was 12. His career HR total was 93.
05-22-2020, 05:20 PM
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Darryl Dawkins - Chocolate Thunder.
Dick "Night Train" Lane.
Dick "Night Train" Lane.
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Darryl Dawkins - Chocolate Thunder.
Dick "Night Train" Lane.
Dick "Night Train" Lane.
05-22-2020, 07:16 PM
05-22-2020, 08:20 PM
Hurryin Hugh McElhenny
Norm “The Dutchman” Van Brocklin
Annis “Big Red” Jensen
John “Porky” Parker
Charlie “King Kong” Keller
Deacon Dan Towler
Tank Younger
Mr. Inside Felix “Doc” Blanchard
Lou “The Toe” Groza
Johnny “Blood” McNally
Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
Moose Skowran
Leon “Daddy Wags” Wagner
Willie “Toothpick” Kirkland
LeRoy “Satchell” Paige
Yelverton Abraham “Y.A.” Tittle
Norm “The Dutchman” Van Brocklin
Annis “Big Red” Jensen
John “Porky” Parker
Charlie “King Kong” Keller
Deacon Dan Towler
Tank Younger
Mr. Inside Felix “Doc” Blanchard
Lou “The Toe” Groza
Johnny “Blood” McNally
Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
Moose Skowran
Leon “Daddy Wags” Wagner
Willie “Toothpick” Kirkland
LeRoy “Satchell” Paige
Yelverton Abraham “Y.A.” Tittle
Hurryin Hugh McElhenny
Norm “The Dutchman” Van Brocklin
Annis “Big Red” Jensen
John “Porky” Parker
Charlie “King Kong” Keller
Deacon Dan Towler
Tank Younger
Mr. Inside Felix “Doc” Blanchard
Lou “The Toe” Groza
Johnny “Blood” McNally
Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
Moose Skowran
Leon “Daddy Wags” Wagner
Willie “Toothpick” Kirkland
LeRoy “Satchell” Paige
Yelverton Abraham “Y.A.” Tittle
Norm “The Dutchman” Van Brocklin
Annis “Big Red” Jensen
John “Porky” Parker
Charlie “King Kong” Keller
Deacon Dan Towler
Tank Younger
Mr. Inside Felix “Doc” Blanchard
Lou “The Toe” Groza
Johnny “Blood” McNally
Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
Moose Skowran
Leon “Daddy Wags” Wagner
Willie “Toothpick” Kirkland
LeRoy “Satchell” Paige
Yelverton Abraham “Y.A.” Tittle
05-22-2020, 08:31 PM
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson
Randy “The Big Unit” Johnson
Christian “The Nigerian Nightmare” Okoye
“Megaton” Calvin Johnson
“Flo-Jo” Florence Griffith-Johnson
“Big Ben” Rothlesberger
Harold “Pee Wee” Reece
Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Deion “Prime Time” Sanders
“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler
Gary “the Glove” Payton
Hector “Macho” Camacho
David “the Admiral” Robinson
Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez
Robert “Tractor” Trayler
“Sweetness” Walter Payton
“Big Papi” David Ortiz
Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas
“mean” Joe Greene
“iron” Mike Tyson
Roberto Duran “Manos de Piedra”
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra
Clyde “the Glide” Drezner
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods
“Sugar” Ray Robinson
“The Mailman” Karl Malone
“pistol” Pete Maravich
“The Bus” Jerome Betis
Reggie White “the Minister of Defense”
Maurice “the Rocket” Richard
Lou Gehrig “the Iron Horse”
“Dr. J” Julius Erving
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Mays
BC
Randy “The Big Unit” Johnson
Christian “The Nigerian Nightmare” Okoye
“Megaton” Calvin Johnson
“Flo-Jo” Florence Griffith-Johnson
“Big Ben” Rothlesberger
Harold “Pee Wee” Reece
Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Deion “Prime Time” Sanders
“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler
Gary “the Glove” Payton
Hector “Macho” Camacho
David “the Admiral” Robinson
Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez
Robert “Tractor” Trayler
“Sweetness” Walter Payton
“Big Papi” David Ortiz
Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas
“mean” Joe Greene
“iron” Mike Tyson
Roberto Duran “Manos de Piedra”
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra
Clyde “the Glide” Drezner
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods
“Sugar” Ray Robinson
“The Mailman” Karl Malone
“pistol” Pete Maravich
“The Bus” Jerome Betis
Reggie White “the Minister of Defense”
Maurice “the Rocket” Richard
Lou Gehrig “the Iron Horse”
“Dr. J” Julius Erving
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Mays
BC
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson
Randy “The Big Unit” Johnson
Christian “The Nigerian Nightmare” Okoye
“Megaton” Calvin Johnson
“Flo-Jo” Florence Griffith-Johnson
“Big Ben” Rothlesberger
Harold “Pee Wee” Reece
Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Deion “Prime Time” Sanders
“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler
Gary “the Glove” Payton
Hector “Macho” Camacho
David “the Admiral” Robinson
Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez
Robert “Tractor” Trayler
“Sweetness” Walter Payton
“Big Papi” David Ortiz
Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas
“mean” Joe Greene
“iron” Mike Tyson
Roberto Duran “Manos de Piedra”
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra
Clyde “the Glide” Drezner
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods
“Sugar” Ray Robinson
“The Mailman” Karl Malone
“pistol” Pete Maravich
“The Bus” Jerome Betis
Reggie White “the Minister of Defense”
Maurice “the Rocket” Richard
Lou Gehrig “the Iron Horse”
“Dr. J” Julius Erving
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Mays
BC
Randy “The Big Unit” Johnson
Christian “The Nigerian Nightmare” Okoye
“Megaton” Calvin Johnson
“Flo-Jo” Florence Griffith-Johnson
“Big Ben” Rothlesberger
Harold “Pee Wee” Reece
Leroy “Satchel” Paige
Deion “Prime Time” Sanders
“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler
Gary “the Glove” Payton
Hector “Macho” Camacho
David “the Admiral” Robinson
Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez
Robert “Tractor” Trayler
“Sweetness” Walter Payton
“Big Papi” David Ortiz
Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas
“mean” Joe Greene
“iron” Mike Tyson
Roberto Duran “Manos de Piedra”
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra
Clyde “the Glide” Drezner
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods
“Sugar” Ray Robinson
“The Mailman” Karl Malone
“pistol” Pete Maravich
“The Bus” Jerome Betis
Reggie White “the Minister of Defense”
Maurice “the Rocket” Richard
Lou Gehrig “the Iron Horse”
“Dr. J” Julius Erving
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Mays
BC
05-22-2020, 08:53 PM
Henri “The Pocket Rocket” Richard
Boom Boom Mancini
Old Hoss Radbourn
Stan “The Man” Musial
Goose Gossage
Goose Goslin
Cookie Lavagetto
Schoolboy Rowe
Preacher Roe
Christy “Big Six” Mathewson
Ellis “Old Folks” Kinder (Bobbbbbbbb’s cousin)
Mule Haas
Harvey “The Kitten” Haddix
Boom Boom Mancini
Old Hoss Radbourn
Stan “The Man” Musial
Goose Gossage
Goose Goslin
Cookie Lavagetto
Schoolboy Rowe
Preacher Roe
Christy “Big Six” Mathewson
Ellis “Old Folks” Kinder (Bobbbbbbbb’s cousin)
Mule Haas
Harvey “The Kitten” Haddix
Henri “The Pocket Rocket” Richard
Boom Boom Mancini
Old Hoss Radbourn
Stan “The Man” Musial
Goose Gossage
Goose Goslin
Cookie Lavagetto
Schoolboy Rowe
Preacher Roe
Christy “Big Six” Mathewson
Ellis “Old Folks” Kinder (Bobbbbbbbb’s cousin)
Mule Haas
Harvey “The Kitten” Haddix
Boom Boom Mancini
Old Hoss Radbourn
Stan “The Man” Musial
Goose Gossage
Goose Goslin
Cookie Lavagetto
Schoolboy Rowe
Preacher Roe
Christy “Big Six” Mathewson
Ellis “Old Folks” Kinder (Bobbbbbbbb’s cousin)
Mule Haas
Harvey “The Kitten” Haddix
(05-22-2020, 05:05 PM)Embo Wrote: "Home Run" Baker.
Few people know his first name - James. Just as few are aware that the most home runs he ever hit in one season was 12. His career HR total was 93.
He led the American League in HRs four years in a row from 1911-1914. The newspapers called him "Home Run" Baker because he was the Reggie Jackson/Mr. October of the dead ball era. In 1911, he was fourth in the league in OPS with .887, but he walloped a .956 OPS in the World Series (vs. the Giants and Christy Mathewson), hitting HRs in games two and three off of Hall of Famers Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, the latter in a 3-2 11 inning game. During the rain-delayed games after game three, the Philadelphia newspaper writers started referring to him as Home Run Baker. His OPS for the 1910, 1911 and 1913 World Series was 1.095, 1.108 and 1.050. The A's won all three World Series.
And all this was when the ball had the consistency of a doorknob.
Single best all-time sports nickname belongs to Stanford's Bill Corbus and College Football Hall of Famer: "The Baby-Faced Assassin."
49er LB Dave Wilcox "The Intimidator."
Red Grange, "Galloping Ghost"
Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, "Mr. Inside" and "Mr. Outside"
Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch. Yes, I know where he went to college.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(05-22-2020, 05:05 PM)Embo Wrote: "Home Run" Baker.
Few people know his first name - James. Just as few are aware that the most home runs he ever hit in one season was 12. His career HR total was 93.
He led the American League in HRs four years in a row from 1911-1914. The newspapers called him "Home Run" Baker because he was the Reggie Jackson/Mr. October of the dead ball era. In 1911, he was fourth in the league in OPS with .887, but he walloped a .956 OPS in the World Series (vs. the Giants and Christy Mathewson), hitting HRs in games two and three off of Hall of Famers Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, the latter in a 3-2 11 inning game. During the rain-delayed games after game three, the Philadelphia newspaper writers started referring to him as Home Run Baker. His OPS for the 1910, 1911 and 1913 World Series was 1.095, 1.108 and 1.050. The A's won all three World Series.
And all this was when the ball had the consistency of a doorknob.
Single best all-time sports nickname belongs to Stanford's Bill Corbus and College Football Hall of Famer: "The Baby-Faced Assassin."
49er LB Dave Wilcox "The Intimidator."
Red Grange, "Galloping Ghost"
Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, "Mr. Inside" and "Mr. Outside"
Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch. Yes, I know where he went to college.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
05-22-2020, 09:06 PM
Hey CI what was Three Finger’s other nickname and why?
Great call and a HOFer to boot!
Great call and a HOFer to boot!
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