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BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
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I'm on the record as saying that I loathe the Yankees, but I'm becoming increasingly enamoured with the nickname 'The Sandman' for Mariano Rivera. The more I think about it the cooler it gets.

Which brings me to my question-- what are your favorite nicknames for athletes?

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  • ILikeMercsILikeMercs Posts: 1,392 ✭
    he hate me - Rod Smart
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  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice.
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Ervin "Magic" Johnson.


    He got that name from a local sportswriter when Ervin was still in high school, the writer used that word
    in one of his newspaper columns to describe the amazing things Johnson was doing on the basketball court and the name stuck.

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  • AISAVDBBALLINPHILLYAISAVDBBALLINPHILLY Posts: 249
    "Concrete Charlie" = Chuck Bednarik
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    Clyde "The Glide" Drexler image
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  • RANDYMOSS84RANDYMOSS84 Posts: 1,980
    the franchise- steve francis


    the truth- paul pierce
  • KOBEcollectorKOBEcollector Posts: 3,873 ✭✭
    A couple that came to mind

    The Playmaker - Michael Irvin

    Nails - Lenny Dykstra
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Catfish
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"Concrete Charlie" = Chuck Bednarik >>

    I think Frank Gifford would agree. image
  • RemynSkylerRemynSkyler Posts: 234
    Don "Stan the man unusual" Stanhouse and Bill "Spaceman" Lee.
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  • SkinpinchSkinpinch Posts: 1,531
    Rocky Denis. A teammate of mine looked like him, so we called him that image


    Nicknames that are a mouthful just aren't as good. Yelling out "Stan the Man" to a guy just isn't as effective as saying, "Hey Nails!" So Nails is a good one...but how about....

    BABE! "Hey Babe, how many beers did you have last night?" "Babe, that looks like syphillis, you better get that checked out."

    BUT...

    I agree with Michigan with MAGIC! That has to be the best, most appropriate, and most used(as in calling the player by his nickname instead of his real name, as that is the essence of a nickname) nickname in the history of sports.
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    "Air" Jordan
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If Im not mistaken there was a DB for Kansas City back in the late 60's or early 70's nicknamed the "Hammer" lol and he actually got knocked out in the Super Bowl against Green Bay ? Anybody got info?

    The one that I really like is Dick "Night Train" Lane
  • RANDYMOSS84RANDYMOSS84 Posts: 1,980
    Deion Primetime Sanders


    Allen The Answer Iverson


  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My childhood hero..."Zeke from Cabin Creek"....that guy was a ball player.

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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If Im not mistaken there was a DB for Kansas City back in the late 60's or early 70's nicknamed the "Hammer" lol and he actually got knocked out in the Super Bowl against Green Bay ? Anybody got info?


    That would be Fred "The Hammer" Williamson. He played for the Raiders in the 1960's.


    Steve
  • interchangesinterchanges Posts: 864 ✭
    "Shipwreck" Kelly, from the 1935 Nat'l Chicle set. Great football nickname
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Wrong Way" Corrigan of the Fighting Irish.


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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    One other one.........

    Shoeless Joe
  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    I always liked Chris Berman's nickname for Bert Blyleven-- Bert 'Be Home' Blyleven
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    "Flash"....as in Dwayne Wade! image
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