Football Player nicknames that stick (1 Viewer)

[The Man With No Name]

"Mercury" Morris

"Zonk"- Larry Csonka

 

[QuizGuy66]

Borderline, if at all:

The Freak (Randy Moss)

The Playmaker (Irvin)

Randy Moss? I always knew "The Freak" as Jevon Kearse.Also...

Jake "the Snake" Plummer

"Easy" Ed McCaffrey

Terrell "TD" Davis

"Ironman" Brett Favre

Anthony "A-Train" Thomas

Carnell "Cadillac" Williams

Jerome "The Bus" Bettis

TJ "Who's Yo Mamma" Houshmandzadeh

Terry "She" Glenn

Brian "The Boz" Bosworth

Just off the top of my head... Oh, and soon to be joined by Adrian "All Day" Peterson.

-Fixed I think take's on Housh's name don't really go into a set nickname in the same way as other do. Somehow I don't think "Brett Favre" when I hear Ironman w/o any other prompting.

Btw, kudos for Stink

QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

I think Ocho Cinco is going to stand up pretty well - as long as he doesn't switch to another number.It's in Spanish - which separates it from 99% of other American football nicknames.

Best variation was Marvin Lewis referring to this schtick as "Ocho Psycho" -QG

 

[The Man With No Name]

"Manster" - Randy White

 

[The Man With No Name]

Going back to college, Texas had

Johnny "Lam" Jones

Johnny "Ham" Jones

Johnny "Jam" Jones

All there at the same time, they wore uniform numbers 24,25,26.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Darryl Lamonica- the Mad Bomber

 

[stevegamer]

The No Name DefenseThe Killer B'sSack Exchange

Didn't see "Steel Curtain" but probably missed it. Also 70s Colts' D was called the "Sack Pack"Also Brodway Joe, and didn't see Ed "Too Tall" Jones. I think Deacon Jones had a nickname too, but don't recall it. And I wish I could forget it but also "Hollywood" Henderson seemed to stick.

Hey Lack of Steel Curtain wasn't went as Bengal homerism. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that there was debate as to who was and wasn't part of this defense - that is that you couldn't discern the exact members by the name. Purple People Eaters was excluded for similar reasons. I'd gladly be corrected on either point.-QG

I could see that as the defenses did have some players come & go, but Steel Curtain & Purple People Eaters have stuck.

 

[TheLastDispatch]

Did Waldo stick for Westbrook, or is that just a Philly thing?

 

[Mister CIA]

Prime Time

SeaBass

 

[Mister CIA]

Clint Who

 

[Leo Scanlon]

Some more former Steelers:

Dennis "Dirt" Winston

John "Frenchy" Fuqua

"Jefferson Street Joe" Gilliam

 

[fatness]

Night Train

Best ever. **** "Night Train" Lane.runnerup: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch

 

[identikit]

How about Dan 'Manimal' Hampton....

Id

 

[Browns Rule!]

Some Browns One's:

RT - Ryan Tucker = "Mother Tucker"

CB - Daylon McCutcheon = "Daylon McCushion"

 

[The Man With No Name]

Some Browns One's:RT - Ryan Tucker = "Mother Tucker"CB - Daylon McCutcheon = "Daylon McCushion"

"Turkey" Joe Jones"Gold Tooth" -Greg Pruitt

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Jaws - Ron Jaworski

The Majik Man - Don Majkowski

Bar None - William Floyd

Bam - Byron Morris

Rocket - Raghib Ismail

Toast - Izel Jenkins (probably just a Philly thing)

and my personal favorite:

"Prepare To Be" Hugh Millen-"ated"

 

[identikit]

--Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton

--Natrone Means

ESPN Analyst Chris Berman gave Means the nickname "Natrone Means business".

 

[Steel Mike Tomczak]

Ex Colts and Steelers Punter : Ron Stark "the Stork"

Steeler Kicker : Jeff "skippy" Reed

Colts QB: Peyton Manning "the great one"

Troubled RB : Ricky Williams "Rashuad" (yoga name....may catch on)

Plural "Blitzburgh" mid 1990s. "Big Nasty D" Short livid 2000-2003? Steeler D.

Steelers RB : "Fast Willie" Parker

Some steelers OL was nicknamed "Stumpy" i forget what his name was. Early 1990s.

TE Eric Green "Big Bird"

 

[The Man With No Name]

"Hopalong" Cassidy

 

[QuizGuy66]

Jaws - Ron Jaworski

The Majik Man - Don Majkowski

Bar None - William Floyd

Bam - Byron Morris

Rocket - Raghib Ismail

Toast - Izel Jenkins (probably just a Philly thing)

and my personal favorite:

"Prepare To Be" Hugh Millen-"ated"

Yeah I think those are regional. As a Bengals fan, I'll always think of Rod Jones as being Toast - I was actually just about to post it.Leon was the nickname for Corey Dillon late in his Bengals stint.

And you can't have the Rocket without his brother The Missile (Qadry)

Tom Tupa's teammates called him "six-pack" during his QB stint with the Cardinals. Not for his abs or beverage habits, but rather for the 6 INT game he once had.

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Sorry Peyton ain't the great one - That's Gretzky and isnt' transferrable across sports.

Anyhow, a couple more:

Hunter the Punter

Automatica

Thunder and Lightning

Papa Bear, though that's not a player

The Duke, that's an owner

I still think we need to popularize Todd Sauerbrun as the Round Mound of 4th Down.

-QG

 

[fatness]

Ron McDole --- the Dancing Bear

 

[TheLastDispatch]

Full Throttle - Jason Short.

 

[pigskin pimp]

Going back to college, Texas had

Johnny "Lam" Jones

Johnny "Ham" Jones

Johnny "Jam" Jones

All there at the same time, they wore uniform numbers 24,25,26.

I've only heard of that guy. JETS WR. The only reason I remember him is that his nickname was on his football trading cards.

 

[turkishkamel]

Borderline, if at all:The Freak (Randy Moss)The Playmaker (Irvin)

Randy Moss? I always knew "The Freak" as Jevon Kearse.Also...Jake "the Snake" Plummer"Easy" Ed McCaffreyTerrell "TD" Davis"Ironman" Brett FavreAnthony "A-Train" ThomasCarnell "Cadillac" WilliamsJerome "The Bus" BettisTJ "Who's Yo Mamma" HoushmandzadehTerry "She" GlennBrian "Boz" BosworthJust off the top of my head... Oh, and soon to be joined by Adrian "All Day" Peterson.

moss was "the supafreak" at marshall and early on in minny, but i havent heard it in a few years.

 

[labman65]

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[Horrorshow]

Pork Chop.