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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #56 on: February 28, 2020, 01:51:32 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 28, 2020, 09:07:14 AM
Those old names are pretty fun indeed.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #57 on: February 28, 2020, 02:01:53 PM »
A few Dawgs nicknames I like:

DL: Richard “Le Sack” Tardits

DL: Eddie “Meat Cleaver” Weaver


Rodrigo “Hot Rod” Blakenship

OL: Mike “Moonpie” Wilson

OL: Joel “Cowboy” Parrish*

RB: Vernon “Catfish” Smith*
RB: Andre “Pulpwood” Smith
RB: “Flatfoot” Frankie Sinkwich*



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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #58 on: February 28, 2020, 04:19:56 PM »
There was a mediocre pitcher in the 19th C named Egyptian Healy.   As far as I could tell the only reason he had that name was his hometown being Cairo, IL, which as anyone from these parts knows is pronounced K-row.

There is an entry in the the very first edition Baseball Encyclopedia (its huge) which I own which lists a player as Icebox.  There is no other known name, just Icebox.

Btw: Mickey mantle was named after Mickey Cochrane.
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« Reply #59 on: February 28, 2020, 06:36:28 PM »
Babe
The Sultan of Swat
The Colossus of Clout
The Bambino
The Big Bam
The King of Crash
The Maharajah of Mash
The Behemoth of Bust

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« Reply #60 on: February 28, 2020, 07:13:50 PM »
Back to football....
Mr. inside & Mr. Outside
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Great Dayne
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The Freak (Randy Moss and Jevon Kearse)
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Nigerian Nightmare (NFL)
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #61 on: February 28, 2020, 07:26:55 PM »
In all of American sports, what is the most recognized, that is not a name given before the player because famous?

The Babe?

I wonder how widely known that is today among the youth of 'Mericuh.

I thought of another baseball one I like, Stretch McCovey.  Baseball has some great ones.  The Say Hey kid.  Hammerin' Hank, though that includes his name.  Maybe George Herman was called the Babe before he was famous too.  The Big Unit.  Mad Dog.  Do folks recognize who that is here?  Nuke LaLousche.  Oh, wait.



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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #62 on: February 28, 2020, 07:52:55 PM »
'The Great One'

"The Splendid Splinter"

The Yankee Clipper

The Big Hurt

Sweetness

Chocolate Thunder

The Say Hey Kid

Mr. October

He Hate Me

The Big O

Boom Boom

The Bayonne Bleeder

Hands of Stone

Smokin' Joe
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« Reply #63 on: February 28, 2020, 08:08:46 PM »
Boxing ones are the worst, because they're virtually required.  
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« Reply #64 on: February 28, 2020, 08:39:23 PM »
I like The Bayonne Bleeder
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #65 on: February 28, 2020, 08:44:42 PM »
Magic was Magic before being famous. 

The worst nicknames are when people add 'ey' or 'y' or 'ie'.
Jonesy 
Brownsey
Smitty
Cubbie 
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« Reply #66 on: February 29, 2020, 03:52:13 PM »
Bobby Cox (Atlanta Braves manager for many years) add the "y" to nearly everyone's name.  Not everyone, Steve Avery was "Aves".  He chopped the y.

Greg Maddux was "Mr. Maddux.".  
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« Reply #67 on: February 29, 2020, 04:55:34 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 29, 2020, 03:52:13 PM
Bobby Cox (Atlanta Braves manager for many years) add the "y" to nearly everyone's name. 
I think that's across baseball.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #68 on: February 29, 2020, 05:38:29 PM »
Being a baseball card collector during the late 80's - early 90's hayday, my favorite nickname has got to be Oil Can Boyd. I think I have 7-8 copies of his '90 Donruss.
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Re: Great CFB Player Nicknames
« Reply #69 on: March 02, 2020, 10:00:20 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on February 25, 2020, 07:00:28 PM
Adrian Peterson had A.D., but idk if that was at OU or after he was drafted.  Same with Calvin Johnson's Megatron.
With Peterson, it went back to his days in Palestine, TX.
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