Favorite nicknames

[PonyExpress]

I know this is a retread thread, but for the record:

Individuals:
1. Crazy Legs Hirsch
2. The Galloping Ghost
3. Night Train Lane
4. Tombstone Jackson
5. Hacksaw Reynolds
6. Little Train James
7. Ironhead Heyward
8. Hollywood Henderson
9. Too Tall Jones
10. The Tyler Rose
11. Golden Wheels Dubenion
12. Pac-man Jones
13. Cadillac Williams
14.Swervin' Mervyn Fernandez
15.Pork Chop Womack
16.Hog Jaw Magee
17.Cactus Face Duggan
18.Poodles Podoley
19.The Flying Dutchman
20.The Blond Bomber

Units:
1. The Four Horsemen
2. The Fearsome Foursome
3. Monsters of the Midway
4. The Steel Curtain
5. The Greatest Show on Turf
6. The Grits Blitz
7. The Sack Exchange
8. The Pony Express
9. The Kardiac Kids
10. The Over the Hill Gang
11. The 'Aints
12. The Hogs
13. The Purple People Eaters
14. Mr Inside and Mr Outside
15. Air Coryell
16. The Fun Bunch
17. The Marks Brothers
18. The Orange Crush
19. The Killer Bs
20. The Million Dollar Backfield

 

[Joker]

right off the top you left out Christian Okoye...the Nigerian Nightmare,,,and then there's Fred "The Hammer" Williamson...and how the hell could you leave out "Sweetness"...do I even have to mention HIS name?

 

[PonyExpress]

right off the top you left out Christian Okoye...the Nigerian Nightmare,,,and then there's Fred "The Hammer" Williamson...and how the hell could you leave out "Sweetness"...do I even have to mention HIS name?

I never liked Sweetness, the nickname, not the player. "The Hammer" isn't anything special or original. "The Nigerian Nightmare" seems a bit crafted to me, like a KC PR guy was trolling for a nickname and fixed on that just for the clumsy alliteration.

 

[Joker]

Heh..that's pretty rich...coming from a clown who just posted the Blond Bomber and Poodles Podoley among his top twenty


here's one that should really get your panties in a twist....4 and 6...the Twin Abominations

 

[PonyExpress]

Heh..that's pretty rich...coming from a clown who just posted the Blond Bomber and Poodles Podoley among his top twenty


here's one that should really get your panties in a twist....4 and 6...the Twin Abominations

Do you bring anything to the table, or just live on scraps? Looking at your profile, I can see you fake the freewheeling, homophobe, man's man crap. Since that is probably your internet alterego, I assume you are a tight as*sed, fudgepacking, skirt wearing bit*ch in the real world.

 

[Joker]

heh...yeah...look at the "Poodles Podoley" ***phag playing the woman trapped in a man's body routine

 

[maverick4]

re

It's not flashy or as creative as the others, but I always liked 'Joe Cool'.

 

[dalero]

"The Rambling Wreck From Georgia Tech"

 

[Mike the Brit]

I like "Sweetness" but I think that some of the newer self-applied ones (Cadillac, Pac-Man) are not so convincing. (I know that most of you will disagree, but I always liked "Primetime" and "Neon Deion".) It's got to be said that U.S. sports has the best nicknames overall.

Australia, though, does some very good ones. Some are a bit obvious, like the long-term cricket captain, Steve "Tugga" Waugh. His twin brother (also a great player) had a better one. He was called "Audi" from the four zeros he made in his first four international innings (think of the Audi symbol). Then there was the Rugby Union captain, John Eales, whose brilliant nickname was "Nobody" (because "nobody's perfect").

I can't think of many really good U.K. sports nicknames. There's a soccer player called Fitz Hall whose nickname is "One Size" and a former cricketer called Chris Old whose nickname was "Chilly" (= C. Old).

But the best one I can remember was for a goalkeeper for Manchester United called Alex Stepney. His nickname was "Dracula" -- because he didn't like crosses.

 

[gomezcat]

Brian Mc Clair, an ex Manchester United soccer player, known as "choccy" (as in Chocolate Eclair). There was also Ron "Chopper" Harris and Norman "bite yer legs" Hunter, from the days when soccer really was a contact sport.

I'd also like to add Tomas "3-0 to the Czech Republic" Rosicky.....

No one has mentioned the Refrigerator yet....