What are the best nicknames all time in sports??

[MaineMule]

...got me thinking about team nicknames.....

Baseball only-
Murderers Row
Bronx Bombers
Gas House Gang
The Boys of Summer
The Big Red Machine
The Brew Crew
The Miracle Mets

These were the better ones that came to mind......

 

[George_Calfas]

The Wizard

 

[bradical]

The Kid.

In a close second: Gary "Little Old Lady From" DiSarcina

 

[Super Mario]

The Axe Murderer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderlei_Silva

The Last Emperor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedor_Emelianenko

El Guapo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Rutten

The Dean of Mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jardine

The Grim Reaper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Emelianenko

The Smashing Machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kerr_(fighter)

Shogun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun_Rua

Cro Cop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirko_crocop

Demolition Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Overeem

 

[HawaiianLance]

The Louisville Lip - Muhammad Ali.

The Splendid Splinter - Ted Williams.

AFAIK, he only had this as a clubhouse moniker or one that didn't 'stick':

Dirtbag - Greg Maddux. And one I prefer to 'Mad Dog'.

Godzilla - Hideki Matsui

The Flyin' Hawaiian - Shane Victorino

Shoeless - Joe Jackson

One of my all-time favorites:

The Big Unit - Randy Johnson. And IMO an excellent complement to the hilarious Topps 'prison yard' card with Pedro Martinez. First time I heard it I was like, "Geez, are they allowed to say that on tv?". :lol:

And here's one I thought was a nickname - but wasn't:

 

[muskiesfan]

I'm a little biased and a lot of the great ones were already taken, but here are some of my favorites.

Baseball:
Pete Rose- Charlie Hustle
Ken Griffey Jr.- The Kid
Adam Dunn- The Big Donkey

Football:
Charlie Tolar- The Human Bowling Ball

Charlie was my cousin. He was my grandfather's 1st cousin which makes him my 3rd cousin. He passed away in 2003.

Here's some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Tolar
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TolaCh00.htm

 

[Super Mario]

Pronk is a good nickname.

 

[shanks25]

Couple more

The waners - Big Poison and Little Poison

Brooks - Hoover

 

[JackLondon]

Always liked the sound of old player, "Hillbilly Bildilli."

 

[Nate Colbert 17]

Amos Rusie
"The Hoosier Thunderbolt"

 

[gracecollector]

"Mean" Joe Green
"Magic" Johnson
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
Jimmy "The Toy Cannon" Wynn
Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson
Sal "The Barber" Maglie
"Cool Papa" Bell

 

[Tomlinson21RB]

 

[ruffryder98499]

Michael "Air" Jordan
Larry "Grandmama" Johnson

 

[rico08]

A-Rod, K-Rod, V-Mart, I-Rod, J-Up, J-Roll, Man-Ram, Han-Ram, Mad-Bum, O-Dog.

 

[A_Pharis]

Harry "Suitcase" Simpson

Old ***** Leaguer - So-called for being traded so much.

 

[Great Dealz Rob]

My favorite entrance/nick name was for Matt Mantei. They would play Ice, Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) when he would make an appearance. He was always a favorite of mine.

Also, a few Chris Berman specials:
Wally "Absorbine" Joyner
Todd "Which hand does he" Frorhwirth

 

[brouthercard]

I like Michael "the moron" Crabtree.... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

[G $MONEY$]

A-Rod, K-Rod, V-Mart, I-Rod, J-Up, J-Roll, Man-Ram, Han-Ram, Mad-Bum, O-Dog.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[jeff550]

one of my favorites. the big train.

 

[leatherman]

Denton True Young.

Two stories circulate about why they called him "Cy": One version says his pitches were so fast that the ball looked like it was coming out of a cyclone, and another version says the wooden backstop was so beat up from his pitches that it looked like it had been hit by a cyclone. Either way, he was called Cyclone for his first few years, before everyone just started calling him Cy.

In case you didn't know, Cy threw so hard that they moved back the distance between pitcher and home plate by FIVE FEET.



David