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OT: College & Professional Athletes Nicknames

boontonbomber said:
Well done! No " research" needed?
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Other than to check on Preacher's given first name, No. These were easy for me. I grew up in Norwalk in the 50s. Mantle, from Commerce, OK was my childhood hero Almost all Yankee games were on WPIX, channel 11 and the Dodgers and Giants before they relocated to CA were on WOR, channel 9 so I was very familiar with Furillo and Roe. By the early 70s I moved to South Florida where Czonka and Kiick earned those nickname playing for the Dolphins. My Dad, also a huge Yankee fan would tell me about the outfield of Charlie "King Kong" Keller in Left, Joe Di in Center and Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich in Right
 
Blakeon18 said:
I always loved the Night Train nickname...Dick [Night Train] Lane.
Cornerback for Detroit Lions. The receiver did not see Night Train until he was clobbered.

Who is The Merry Mex?
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Lee Trevino
 
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Hoops66 said:
The Splendid Splinter and Teddy Ballgame both belonged to.....
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Too easy.......the splendid splinter was MLB’s Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox). Teddy ballgame was also one of williams’ monikers. Williams still holds the record of being the last player to hit over .400 (406) for an entire season (1941). Tony Guinn came close finishing at .396 in 1984.
 
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PoppaBear said:
The Big Unit
Flo Jo
The Spider
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The big unit was 6’10” pitcher Randy Johnson. Flo Jo was the late female sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner. Some hitters have lamented that Johnson’s pitching delivery stride to the plate was so long, it felt like he was right on top of them when he released the ball. :confused: Johnson, a left- handed pitcher made many a left-handed hitter’s front leg turn to “jelly” when he came at them wiith a big sweeping side arm pitch. :eek:
 
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Some that I think have been missed.

Stan "The Man" Musial
The General - Robert Montgomery Knight
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain - The Big Dipper

Further up someone put Skokey Joe - I'm assuming? he/she means Smokin' Joe Frazier

David Robinson - The Admiral
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
Tom Terrific, TB12 - Tom Brady

The Goat - Earl Manigault
The GOAT - Michael Jordan (MJ), Tom Brady, Lionel Messi

Ted Lyle Simmons - Simba
The Wizard of Oz - Ozzie Smith
David "Deacon" Jones
Orenthal James (OJ) Simpson - Juice
 
meyers7 said:
Some that I think have been missed.

Stan "The Man" Musial
The General - Robert Montgomery Knight
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain - The Big Dipper

Further up someone put Skokey Joe - I'm assuming? he/she means Smokin' Joe Frazier

David Robinson - The Admiral
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
Tom Terrific, TB12 - Tom Brady

The Goat - Earl Manigault
The GOAT - Michael Jordan (MJ), Tom Brady, Lionel Messi

Ted Lyle Simmons - Simba
The Wizard of Oz - Ozzie Smith
David "Deacon" Jones
Orenthal James (OJ) Simpson - Juice
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Original Tom Terrific is Tom Seaver.
 
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meyers7 said:
Some that I think have been missed.

Stan "The Man" Musial
The General - Robert Montgomery Knight
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain - The Big Dipper

Further up someone put Skokey Joe - I'm assuming? he/she means Smokin' Joe Frazier

David Robinson - The Admiral
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
Tom Terrific, TB12 - Tom Brady

The Goat - Earl Manigault
The GOAT - Michael Jordan (MJ), Tom Brady, Lionel Messi

Ted Lyle Simmons - Simba
The Wizard of Oz - Ozzie Smith
David "Deacon" Jones
Orenthal James (OJ) Simpson - Juice
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I think Skokey Joe might be a typo. Smokey Joe Wood was a baseball pitcher in the early part of the 1900s so named of course because he threw :"smoke" (at least for the time).
 
tkaes said:
Other than to check on Preacher's given first name, No. These were easy for me. I grew up in Norwalk in the 50s. Mantle, from Commerce, OK was my childhood hero Almost all Yankee games were on WPIX, channel 11 and the Dodgers and Giants before they relocated to CA were on WOR, channel 9 so I was very familiar with Furillo and Roe. By the early 70s I moved to South Florida where Czonka and Kiick earned those nickname playing for the Dolphins. My Dad, also a huge Yankee fan would tell me about the outfield of Charlie "King Kong" Keller in Left, Joe Di in Center and Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich in Right
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Well Done! Yes , WOR channel 9. Your background similar to mine though I was Dodgers fan, growing up in North Jersey. I shared hometown and high school with Jim Kiick. Best friend in college was with the Yankeed in '64,'65 - Archie Moore.
 
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