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Great sports nicknames

Coach O said:
Need to take him off this list. World wasn't his nickname...it was his ACTUAL name. Had it legally changed from Lloyd to World in 1981.
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IIRC, Free had said at one time that he was "all-world," perhaps because he had not made the All-NBA Team, or something like that. So, people started calling him "World," perhaps sarcastically at first, and then he took up the name officially. My memory is a little hazy but the Sixers of the Doc era had a number of colorful stories and characters. Free was just one of them.
 
sailordeac said:
IIRC, Free had said at one time that he was "all-world," perhaps because he had not made the All-NBA Team, or something like that. So, people started calling him "World," perhaps sarcastically at first, and then he took up the name officially. My memory is a little hazy but the Sixers of the Doc era had a number of colorful stories and characters. Free was just one of them.
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I stand corrected. According to Wiki, Free got the nickname "World" or "All-World" from HS friends in Brooklyn. Then, he later changed it legally.
 
Chuck "Destroyer" Dahms, Boney Thoracic, Carlos "Bad-ley", "Disco" Ernie Graham, "Don't F##k With Buck " Williams, Marvin "The Human Eraser" Webster
 
bmoneydeac said:
Black Mamba just for the ridiculousness of it and the fact it was 100% self-appointed.

The Great One just because of how there seems to be literally no doubt that he's the best.

Worst nickname is any first letter + first syllable combo.
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The great one isn't even his best nickname
 
Skip "honey dip" wise (Clemson)1st freshman all acc first team. Very sad story.
 
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