OT: the best names in sports...

[Frabjous]

Now that signing day is over, this Board is flatter than a frog on a Philadelphia freeway in February.
Here is my list of favorite sports names. Feel free to add on, because you can do better...
AUTO RACING: Emerson Fittipaldi. Bonus points: Dick Trickle.
FOOTBALL: Steve Smear. Johnny Blood. Favorite football nicknames: ‘Hacksaw’ Reynolds. William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry. ‘Skeeter’ Nichols. Bonus points: ‘ He Hate Me.’
BASKETBALL: God Shamgod. Favorite nicknames: Linbert ‘Cheese’ Johnson. Hercle ‘Poison’ Ivy. Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain.
BASEBALL: Jesus Alou. Bonus points: Pete LaCock. Favorite nicknames: Sal ‘The Barber’ Maglie. ‘Hillbilly’ Billdilli. Eddie ‘Brat’ Stanky.

 

[Mister Magoo]

I M Hipp

 

[psuro]

Baseball: Mark Lemgonjello
Racing: Lake Speed.
Football; Bumper Pool (Arkansas Linebacker) Plaxico Burress
Basketball: Fennis Denbo (twin sister Fenise, because mom was done having kids)

 

[Fac]

Big Unit.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Tawe Tawe - AND HE'S A PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER.

 

[psuro]

Tawe Tawe - AND HE'S A PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER.

Denver Lyght. Also a Penn State Football player.

 

[LafayetteBear]

College basketball (a few years back): Guest House (played for Colorado) and Baskerville Holmes (I believe he played for Memphis State).

 

[Fac]

Back in the day I told my then girlfriend that Randy Johnson's nickname was :Big Unit". She said that she found that hard to swallow.

Oh well, and so it goes.

 

[jimarnp]

Now that signing day is over, this Board is flatter than a frog on a Philadelphia freeway in February.
Here is my list of favorite sports names. Feel free to add on, because you can do better...
AUTO RACING: Emerson Fittipaldi. Bonus points: Dick Trickle.
FOOTBALL: Steve Smear. Johnny Blood. Favorite football nicknames: ‘Hacksaw’ Reynolds. William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry. ‘Skeeter’ Nichols. Bonus points: ‘ He Hate Me.’
BASKETBALL: God Shamgod. Favorite nicknames: Linbert ‘Cheese’ Johnson. Hercle ‘Poison’ Ivy. Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain.
BASEBALL: Jesus Alou. Bonus points: Pete LaCock. Favorite nicknames: Sal ‘The Barber’ Maglie. ‘Hillbilly’ Billdilli. Eddie ‘Brat’ Stanky.

Tedy Bruschi

 

[LafayetteBear]

Gotta mention the late Manute Bol's kid, Bol. Yeah, that works out to Bol Bol. I believe he was a fairly highly ranked hoops recruit, and that he currently plays for Oregon.

 

[4rosco]

Gotta mention the late Manute Bol's kid, Bol. Yeah, that works out to Bol Bol. I believe he was a fairly highly ranked hoops recruit, and that he currently plays for Oregon.

He left Oregon and is now in the NBA with the Nuggets

 

[Relayer]

Here's a few golfers playing in the Thailand Masters this week. Check out the link for the whole field. Would not be fun announcing this tournament.

WITCHAYANON CHOTHIRUNRUNGRUENG
SURADIT YONGCHAROENCHAI
DONLAPHATCHAI NIYOMCHON

http://www.owgr.com/en/Events/EventResult.aspx?eventid=7753

 

[psuro]

Here's a few golfers playing in the Thailand Masters this week. Check out the link for the whole field. Would not be fun announcing this tournament.

WITCHAYANON CHOTHIRUNRUNGRUENG
SURADIT YONGCHAROENCHAI
DONLAPHATCHAI NIYOMCHON

http://www.owgr.com/en/Events/EventResult.aspx?eventid=7753

I just had visions of the Beaver Stadium announcer having convulsions....

 

[BobPSU92]

Baseball: Greg Legg

Football: Dick Shiner

 

[LemonEars]

Misty Hyman

Wonderful Terrific Monds Jr.

Fair Hooker

Picabo Street

Stubby Clapp

Chief Kickingstallionsims

Shotty Babitt

Fabian Assman

 

[olelion]

Couple of good old southern college football gentlemen:

Steadman Shealy
Richmond Flowers

 

[The Spin Meister]

Darius Kasperitis......sounds like a disease.
Miko Makala, Jamir Jager, Zarley Zalapski,

 

[rudedude]

 

[PSUfiji]

Flo Hyman...

 

[Cabinpenn]

Football: Steve Stonebreaker

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I M Hipp

No you’re not!

 

[BostonNit]

Ron Tugnutt (hockey)
World B Free (hoops)
Jarvis Redwine, Ocho Cinco (football)
Kazim Kazim (soccer)
Mark Spitz (swimming)
Milton Bradley, Coco Crisp (baseball)

 

[ILLINOISLION]

A J Hawk.....he seemed like such a natural to play football at KU!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Favorite nicknames: Linbert ‘Cheese’ Johnson. Hercle ‘Poison’ Ivy. Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain.

Wilt's nickname in his neighborhood, and amongst friends and family, was Dip, or Dippy, because he had to dip his head to get through a doorway. Fans took that nickname, and tweaked it into The Big Dipper.

I was a huge Chamberlain fan, but I can think of several NBA players whose nicknames I liked better than Wilt's, including:

- Dr. J, or The Doctor, for Julius Erving
- The Iceman, for George Gervin
- Pistol Pete, for Pete Maravich
- Chocolate Thunder, for Darryl Dawkins
- Magic, for Earvin Johnson
- The Dream, for Hakeem Olajuwon
- Clyde the Glide, for Clyde Drexler
- The Big O, for Oscar Robertson
- The Pearl, for Earl Monroe
- Rip, for Richard Hamilton
- Kangaroo Kid, for Billy Cunningham
- The Boston Strangler, for Andrew Toney

 

[PearlSUJam]

He left Oregon and is now in the NBA with the Nuggets

2 Bols plays for the Nuggets? That's nuts.

 

[Bob78]

Here's a few golfers playing in the Thailand Masters this week. Check out the link for the whole field. Would not be fun announcing this tournament.

WITCHAYANON CHOTHIRUNRUNGRUENG
SURADIT YONGCHAROENCHAI
DONLAPHATCHAI NIYOMCHON

http://www.owgr.com/en/Events/EventResult.aspx?eventid=7753

Gesundheit!

 

[siff]

Exree Hipp, U of MD B-ball

 

[Bob78]

Joe Montana is a real name and a nickname in one!

Dick "Night Train" Lane

Hawthorne Wingo, NBA player in the 70s.... another real name/nickname combo

 

[uhlerlion]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

that's just wrong. where is the dislike button? how am I going to get that name, that image, out of my mind? smh

 

[joeparules]

WVB: How can you forget Destinee Hooker!?

 

[83wuzme]

Wasn’t there a German Women’s ski champion named Fanny Schmeller ?

 

[uhlerlion]

that's just wrong. where is the dislike button? how am I going to get that name, that image, out of my mind? smh

well you will now know it forever

 

[Cold Smoke]

Now that signing day is over, this Board is flatter than a frog on a Philadelphia freeway in February.
Here is my list of favorite sports names. Feel free to add on, because you can do better...
AUTO RACING: Emerson Fittipaldi. Bonus points: Dick Trickle.
FOOTBALL: Steve Smear. Johnny Blood. Favorite football nicknames: ‘Hacksaw’ Reynolds. William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry. ‘Skeeter’ Nichols. Bonus points: ‘ He Hate Me.’
BASKETBALL: God Shamgod. Favorite nicknames: Linbert ‘Cheese’ Johnson. Hercle ‘Poison’ Ivy. Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain.
BASEBALL: Jesus Alou. Bonus points: Pete LaCock. Favorite nicknames: Sal ‘The Barber’ Maglie. ‘Hillbilly’ Billdilli. Eddie ‘Brat’ Stanky.

Baseball and Saltwater Flycasting: Splendid Splinter (not sure if his real name)

 

[Still in State College]

Wilt's nickname in his neighborhood, and amongst friends and family, was Dip, or Dippy, because he had to dip his head to get through a doorway. Fans took that nickname, and tweaked into The Big Dipper.

I was a huge Chamberlain fan, but I can think of several NBA players whose nicknames I liked better than Wilt's, including:

- Dr. J, or The Doctor, for Julius Erving
- The Iceman, for George Gervin
- Pistol Pete, for Pete Maravich
- Chocolate Thunder, for Darryl Dawkins
- Magic, for Earvin Johnson
- The Dream, for Hakeem Olajuwon
- Clyde the Glide, for Clyde Drexler
- The Big O, for Oscar Robertson
- The Pearl, for Earl Monroe
- Rip, for Richard Hamilton
- Kangaroo Kid, for Billy Cunningham
- The Boston Strangler, for Andrew Toney

I prefer Jesus for Earl Monroe.

My favorite hoops name was a guy that played for Duquesne in the '80's - Fitzgerald Bobo.

 

[Vic Vaselino]

Champ Summers

Gump Worsley

 

[rudedude]

Wilt's nickname in his neighborhood, and amongst friends and family, was Dip, or Dippy, because he had to dip his head to get through a doorway. Fans took that nickname, and tweaked into The Big Dipper.

I was a huge Chamberlain fan, but I can think of several NBA players whose nicknames I liked better than Wilt's, including:

- Dr. J, or The Doctor, for Julius Erving
- The Iceman, for George Gervin
- Pistol Pete, for Pete Maravich
- Chocolate Thunder, for Darryl Dawkins
- Magic, for Earvin Johnson
- The Dream, for Hakeem Olajuwon
- Clyde the Glide, for Clyde Drexler
- The Big O, for Oscar Robertson
- The Pearl, for Earl Monroe
- Rip, for Richard Hamilton
- Kangaroo Kid, for Billy Cunningham
- The Boston Strangler, for Andrew Toney

This is the original “Clyde”. He even had a Puma sneaker using that moniker

 

[RU31trap]

Evonne Goolagong
Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon
Yinka Dare
Grant Clitsome

 

[glidresquirrel]

Lucious Pusey Football at some smaller school in Illinois some yrs back

 

[marshall23]

Rocky Lombardi