Favorite nicknames

[Jake from State Farm]

The Lions suck and have sucked, with rare exceptions, as long as I’ve been alive
But for some reason, they’ve always had great kickers
None more celebrated than THUNDERFOOT

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

I always liked former AL umpire Russ Goetz's nickname: Rough Guess

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

 

[Tighthead]

Halimony.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

Lou Gehrig - Iron Horse
Wayne Gretzky - The Great One
Allen Iverson - The Answer
George Gervin - Iceman
Joe Jackson - Shoeless

Just to name a few.

 

[heyabbott]

The Hedgehog

 

[tapintoamerica]

Bob Ferguson: Death to Flying Things
Marvin Webster: The Human Eraser
Curtis Joseph: Cujo
Best one that never took off: Air Canada for Vince Carter

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Couldn’t find a picture of him as a Spartan
Anthony “Pig” Miller

 

[Spartan Squad]

Couldn’t find a picture of him as a Spartan
Anthony “Pig” Miller

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What are you saying?

 

[Jake from State Farm]

What are you saying?

Not your Spartans

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Jared Lorenzen - the Pillsbury Throwboy

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Jared Lorenzen - the Pillsbury Throwboy

See also: J-Load, Hefty Lefty

 

[Tighthead]

Joe Paopao - The Throwin’ Samoan

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Mike Hargrove -- The Human Rain Delay

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I've always thought the Tyler Rose was the best, and coined in an age when people gave the slightest thought to nicknames.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

As long as we're on Mikes, there's Mike Stenhouse, known to his manager Earl Weaver as Full Pack, cause how many Earl smoked when he used him.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Magic Johnson... I am sure there are people don’t know his real first name.

Johnny Martin, better known as Pepper with a secondary nickname of The Wild Horse of the Osage.

Wizard of Oz for Ozzie Smith

And while no one really called him it, but i always thought it was interesting that Jaromir was an anagram for Mario Jr.

 

[da man]

Joe Paopao - The Throwin’ Samoan

That was Jack Thompson.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

General Mills. Not Field Mouse.

 

[da man]

A streak of fire, a breath of flame
Eluding all who reach and clutch;
A gray ghost thrown into the game
That rival hands may never touch.

Thank you, Grantland Rice, for giving us the Galloping Ghost, Harold "Red" Grange.