Great sports nicknames

[Wrangor]

Larry Legend
Hakeem the Dream
Grandmama

 

[DEACS76]

Dick "Dr Strange Glove" Stuart. A really bad fielder for 10 major league season with 6 teams.

 

[Milhouse]

The Goat

 

[Spot the Wonder]

The Steel Curtain
The Fearsome Foursome
The Purple People Eaters
Doomsday
Orange Crush

 

[sailordeac]

Peahead Walker

"Sweetness" Walter Peyton

"Meadowlark" Lemon

George Herman "Babe" Ruth

Greasy Neal

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns

"Sugar" Ray Leanard

Arnold "Red" Auerbach

"Lefty" Driesel

"Bones" McKinney

Roger "the Dodger" Staubach

"Sonny" Jurgenson

 

[TheReff]

The Big Fundamental

 

[Liquid Karma]

Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson

I was going to post this.

 

[Liquid Karma]

Travis "Pronk" Hafner

 

[DeacHawk]

The Shark
The Walrus

The Intimidator

 

[DeacsPop]

Walt "no neck" Williams

Ha; great one; my fav, The Big Hurt.

 

[DeacsPop]

Ha; great one; my fav, The Big Hurt.

Next to The Mick, of course.

 

[Deacon923]

i feel like RJ would be laying some obscure 70s stuff into this thread like a BOSS. RIP RJ.

 

[AttilatheHoo]

the Thrilla in Manila
Chi Chi Rodriguez
the Ice Bowl
Marvelous Marvin Hagler

 

[TheIshThatSaved WakeForest]

The Hefty Lefty or the Pillsbury Throwboy

 

[Biff Tannen]

The Great White Hope (multiple)

 

[Biff Tannen]

Kenny "Sky" Walker

 

[PhDeac]

Ha; great one; my fav, The Big Hurt.

Reminded me of The Great One.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

Never Nervous is a good one

 

[wakedeac98]

Big Papi and Megatron are both excellent and haven't been mentioned yet.

 

[wfudkn]

Tractor Traylor