All time great "N" names

[HuggingTheRail]

Canada's Greatest Athlete....Gene Kiniski

[LottaKash]

"Broadway Joe"...Joe Namath
"Dandy Don" ...Meredith
"The Scooter"...Phil Rizzuto
"Yogi"...W.L. Berra
"The Boss"...Bruce Springsteen
"The Mick"...Mickey Mantle
"Mick the Quick"...Mickey Rivers
"The Snake"...Don Prudhomme
"Big Daddy"...Don Garlits

"Slick Willie"...as Himself...

[dav4463]

Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea

Now known for a different version on the "N" name!

[dav4463]

Some classic Spurs nicknames:

George "Iceman" Gervin
Billy "The Whopper" Paultz
Mike "Sugar" Gale
"Captain Late" James Silas
"The Wild Helicopter" Edgar Jones
Larry "Special K" Kenon
Tim Duncan "The Big Fundamental"
David "The Admiral" Robinson
Kahwi "The Claw" Leonard
Robert Horry "Big Shot Rob" or "Big Shot Bob"
"The A Train" Artis Gilmore
Avery "The Little General" Johnson
Chuck "The Rifleman" Person
Matt Bonner "The Red Rocket"


Tim Duncan and David Robinson together were called the "Twin Towers", following in the footsteps of former Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson.

Also, the 80's saw a collection of Spurs who were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers"...The players that made up the Bruise Brothers were Dave Corzine, Reggie Johnson, Paul Griffin, Mark Olberding, Kevin Restani and George Johnson.

And to finish the Spurs nickname history.....in the old Hemisfair Arena there was a group of rowdy fans known as the "Baseline Bums".

[Tor Ekman]

"Mookie" . . . Forever #1 in the hearts of Mets fans

[Steve 'StatMan']

Wrestler "Lucious Lars Anderson" although it didn't have the same ring when he changed it to "Lucious Larry Heinemi" But he was finally true to his ethnic heritige (Norweigian, not Sweedish, if I remember right.)

[Steve 'StatMan']

George "The Animal" Steele

[wisconsin]

Did I miss this one:

Wilt the Stilt Chamberlin

[Chaka26]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

If Pete Maravich was Fred Maravich, would he be "pistol Fred"?

Answer, no.

Nicknames that would change if the person had a different legal name aren't as good as ones that do not.

Right he likely would be called Firing Fred due to the excessive desire to use alliteration by the media

[NorCalGreg]

Originally Posted by dav4463

Now known for a different version on the "N" name!

LOL good one. Someone mentioned "Big Daddy" and "The Snake", famous dragstrip drivers, but left off Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney.

[reckless]

Originally Posted by dav4463

Some classic Spurs nicknames:

George "Iceman" Gervin
Billy "The Whopper" Paultz
Mike "Sugar" Gale
"Captain Late" James Silas
"The Wild Helicopter" Edgar Jones
Larry "Special K" Kenon
Tim Duncan "The Big Fundamental"
David "The Admiral" Robinson
Kahwi "The Claw" Leonard
Robert Horry "Big Shot Rob" or "Big Shot Bob"
"The A Train" Artis Gilmore
Avery "The Little General" Johnson
Chuck "The Rifleman" Person
Matt Bonner "The Red Rocket"


Tim Duncan and David Robinson together were called the "Twin Towers", following in the footsteps of former Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson.

Also, the 80's saw a collection of Spurs who were nicknamed the "Bruise Brothers"...The players that made up the Bruise Brothers were Dave Corzine, Reggie Johnson, Paul Griffin, Mark Olberding, Kevin Restani and George Johnson.

And to finish the Spurs nickname history.....in the old Hemisfair Arena there was a group of rowdy fans known as the "Baseline Bums".

A little known fact that I will now expose to all my friends here on PA.

I highlighted Artis Gilmore because he played college ball for those Dolphins of Jacksonville University.

Jacksonville played UCLA in the 1970 (?) NCAA basketball championship.

The team had three stars, if you will: Artis Gilmore, Penbroke Burrows III and Rex Morgan. Gilmore was 7-foot plus, Burrows was an even 7-foot.

The World Trade Center project was in full bloom 1968-70 before it officially opened in 1973, yet I am pretty sure Gilmore and Burrows got their nickname because of the WTC as they were known as The Twin Towers.