Best or favorite athlete nick names

slow down on those anti-depressants man your trippin

 

Cal "The Iron Man" Ripken
Trajan "Alaskan Assassin" Langdon
Slammin' Sammy Sosa
Deion "Prime Time" Sanders
Ted "The Splendid Splinter" Williams

 

Classy Freddie Blassie
Gorgeous George
Ron "the penguin" Cey
Ron "Born is the U.S." Cey

 

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka

 

Jesse "The Body!" Ventura

 

some memorable Chicago Bulls:

- Bob 'Butterbean' Love
- Chet 'The Jet' Walker
- 'Stormin' Norman Van Lier (RIP)
- Johnny 'Red' Kerr (RIP)
- Fred 'The Mayor' Hoiberg

and a non-Bull, but one of the all-time great names:

- Daron "Mookie" Blaylock

and for some of the worst (but funniest) names ever:
http://fourhorsementattoo.com/2008/05/26/the-10-worst-nicknames-in-sports-history-players-edition/

 

I'll go back awhile and say Deacon Jones, The Minister of Defense.

 

Butterbean was great

 

Will "The Thrill" Clark

 

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Wahoo" Mcdaniels
"the American Dream" Dusty Motherfucking Rhodes.... ahh the atomic elbow...
Andre "the Giant"


My borther used the atomic elbow on me many a times and the pile driver ( once which nearly broke me neck)

How about the figure four.....yeah baby.