Best Sports Nicknames

"The Grey Ghost" -- Native Dancer
"Big Red" -- Man o' War; Secretariat

 

I'll add Paul "The Bear" Rupert.

 

Two for one: John "Pepper" Martin, the "Wild Horse of the Osage."

 

Bear Bryant?

Tiger Williams?

Spinner Spencer?

Sparky Lyle?

Crazy Legs Hirsh?

Emile "the Cat" Francis

Punch Imlach

The Juice

Ace Bailey

Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion

Broadway Joe Namath

Didn't Magic Johnson's teammates call him "Buck," instead of magic?

 

A friend of mine who is a USC professor said Marcus Allen's nickname on campus was "Driftwood."

 

the Bayonne Bleeder

 

Kenny "the Snake" Stabler
Dennis "the Worm" Rodman
Karl "the Mailman" Malone
Earl "the Pearl" Monroe
Walt "Clyde" Frazier
George "the Iceman" Gervin
Don "the Snake" Prudhomme (Snake v. Mongoose; best Hot Wheels memory)
Dave "the Cobra" Parker
Pee Wee Reese

 

1910s-20s Indians pitcher Guy Morton "The Alabama Blossom"

Rube Marquard: The $10,000 Beauty and the $10,000 Lemon (early in his career)

Bob "Hunchy" Horneschemyer

Jim "Orator" O'Rourke

Norman Elberfeld "The Tabasco Kid"

Ed "Cannonball" Crane

Arlie Latham "The Freshest Man on Earth"

Thomas "Dude" Esterbrook

 

Scooter

 

"Rocket" Richard.

"Terrible" Ted Lindsay"

"The China Wall" (Johnny Bower)

And still my fav, "Olie the Goalie" (Olaf Kolzig)

 

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
Fred "Chicken" Stanley
Rich "Goose" Gossage
"Louisiana Lightning" Ron Guidry

Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Ed "Too Tall" Jones

 

Gator is better.