Favorite Sports-Related Nicknames

[viva la ben]

Doesn't Messi have another nickname?

[Gaucho]

slappy will like this:

Dejan Savicevic: Il Genio

[Gaucho]

Doesn't Messi have another nickname?

God?

[BigMcK]

Russian Rocket -- Pavel Bure

Finnish Flash -- Teemu Selanne

[tifosi77]

Miracle on Ice

Doesn't Messi have another nickname?

God?

Apparently, CR7 just calls him 'motherfcker'.

[slappybrown]

slappy will like this:

Dejan Savicevic: Il Genio

Interestingly enough, his name came up this morning when I was on WAATP:

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His goal against Barca in the 94 CL Final makes me so so so happy.

[Gaucho]

One of the most imposing team performances I've ever seen.

[slappybrown]

I watched that game at my uncles house on one of those old school satellites that was the size of a commercial beach umbrella.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Mike "Spanky" LaValliere

Le Magnifique

JoePa

The Killer B's

Franco's Italian Army

[Shyster]

Former sumo wrestler Konishiki had a great nickname: "The Dump Truck." This was Konishiki at his fightin' weight:



Now you know why.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

[tifosi77]

There have been some good ones in Formula One

The Professor (Alain Prost)
The Rat (Niki Lauda)
Il Leone (Nigel Mansell)
The Pampas Bull (Juan Manuel Fangio)
Super Wop (Mario Andretti)
Black Jack (Jack Brabham)
De Crasheris (Andrea De Cesaris)
Hunt The Shunt (James Hunt)
Iceman (Kimi Räikkönen)
Jos The Boss (Jos Verstappen)
Muddy Talker (Murray Walker, the long-time voice of F1 on the BBC who was famous for saying silly things like "There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire." and "Only a few more laps to go and then the action will begin. Unless this is the action, which it is.")

[FreeCandy44]

Free Candy

:)

[Gaucho]

Killer (Doug Gilmour)

[DudeMan2766]

Any nickname that hockey players give their teammates that end with "sy" or "er." Capital creativity.

Stallsy
Suttsy
Tanger
Nealer
Tarnstromer

[Gaucho]

Scrabble

[columbia]

Spaceman: Bill Lee
Kong: Dave Kingman
Mad Dog: Bill Matlock

[tifosi77]

Wasn't Jordan Staal called Gronk?

[Shyster]

I've always thought that "Scooter" would be a much better nickname for Rob Scuderi than "Scuds."

[DudeMan2766]

Wasn't Jordan Staal called Gronk?

I thought that was more by fans. The interviews I've heard during that time were mostly Staalsy.

[PensFanInDC]

Weenie

[cma3585]

Silverback

[DudeMan2766]

It was said earlier in the thread but I also love Megatron. I love calling him that. It like flows off the tongue too like its his actual name.

[shafnutz05]

Tripod (my nickname back in my HS football days)

[Letang Is The Truth]

Russian Rocket -- Pavel Bure

Finnish Flash -- Teemu Selanne

Belarusian rocket -- Konstantin koltsov