Great sports nicknames

[DeacDaddy]

Ratface

 

[KickballDeac]

George Edward "Skip" Prosser

 

[HONDO2]

Stu 'The Grim Reaper' Grimson

 

[CDeacMan]

The Ice Man George Gervin

 

[devi8]

some of the best nicknames are in the UFC. That's part of what caught my attention when I started watching it a decade ago

Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva
Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell
"The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine
"Rampage" Jackson

Some of my current favorites

"The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit
Jeremy "Little Heathen' Stephens
"The Korean Zombie" Chan Jung Sung
Rick "The Horror" Story
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson

The best imo is Michelle Waterson aka "The Karate Hottie"

 

[DeacDaddy]

And since he's being discussed on the NBA thread, Born Ready

 

[buckets]

CP3

 

[19deac92]

Phi Slamma Jamma

 

[D4L]

I thought it was because he always was sticking his fingers in people's asses. I just learned something new.

Wouldn't that be Brown Fingered Brown?

 

[cville deac]

Best golf nicknames are Shrek and FIGJAM.

 

[Milhouse]

the juice

 

[Wrangor]

Best golf nicknames are Shrek and FIGJAM.

Figjam is classic.

 

[marquee moon]

First set of tags that gave me a chuckle throughout in a long time

 

[SDeacz]

Natrone Bomb

The Professor

 

[WakeUp]

The Diesel - John Riggins
Pistol Pete Maravich

 

[WakeUp]

Arnie's Army

 

[TownieDeac]

Kaley "Fountain Mountain" Fountain

 

[KickballDeac]

THE WALL



Nothing gets by this guy!

 

[sailordeac]

"Zeke from Cabin Creek" Jerry West

"Hot Rod" Hundley

John "Hondo" Havlicek

"Handsome" Johnny Baron

"Haystacks" Calhoun

Lloyd "World" B. Free

"Curly" Neal

Hammerin' Hank Aaron

Walter "Big Train" Johnson

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

Jeff "[name redacted]" [Redacted]

Gene "Tinker Bell" Banks (you guessed it, he played for Dook)

James "Fly" Williams

 

[DEACS76]

Haystack Calhoun.....because he was shaped like a haystack. A classic.