What are the best nicknames all time in sports??

[G $MONEY$]

Kind of a spin off of the last thread. Most people say the old time nicknames where the best. What are your favorite nicknames in sports, past and present???

 

[ChasHawk]

 

[NYCrulesU]

Stan "The Man" Musial
Pete "Charlie Hustle" Rose

 

[G $MONEY$]

I liked Mariano Rivera and "Enter Sandman" and also loved Mark Messier's "Moose"

 

[Viking4Alpha]

Sweetness.

 

[VizquelCollector.com]

I always thought that "Hard-Hittin' Mark Whiten" was hilarious.

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

"The Splendid Splinter"

"Oil Can Boyd"

I know this one is recent, but I've groen fond of "Kung Fu Panda" Probably just because all the other nicknames over the last few years have been soo bad.

 

[Daltonb1219]

Crazy legs is allways a good one

i always liked pete roses also

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

My favorite is "Old Aches and Pains" for Luke Appling. He was notorious for complaining about countless body ailments at every opportunity.

 

[G $MONEY$]

Crazy legs is allways a good one

crazy legs is cool

 

[birdsfan85]

Charlie "King Kong" Keller

 

[shanks25]

The Duke of Flatbush

The Yankee Clipper

Rapid Robert Feller

The Iron Horse

 

[jay1065]

Walter "The Big Train" Johnson
"Smokey" Joe Wood
Tris "The Gray Eagle" Speaker
John "Little Napoleon" McGraw
Ty "The Georgia Peach" Cobb
Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity
Honus "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner

 

[mlbsalltimegreats]

Enos "Country" Slaughter

Frank "The Judge" Robinson

Tim "The Rock" Raines

Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams

Jack "The Ripper" Clark

 

[allstars]

Baseball BABE
Football FREIGHT TRAIN
Hoops AIR
Hockey THE GREAT ONE

 

[ronfromfresno]

Willie "Say Hey Kid" Mays
Willie "Stretch" McCovey
And
Will "The Thrill" Clark (HR in first MLB and MiLB at bats)

 

[darocker80]

love the hawk!

 

[boomo]

all time best to me was hockey,

maurice " rocket " richard

 

[Mozzie22]

There will never be a better sports nickname than "The Great One." How does it get better than that?

 

[jbhofmann]

Dick "Night Train" Lane

Hands Down My Favorite

"The Nigerian Nightmare"- Christian Okoye