Most Unique Player Nickname (O/T)

[prewarsports]

Never heard of this guy before a few days ago but the name is one of the best I have ever seen, especially for 1924! I think all the rappers of today owe his family a few bucks for coining their names!

"Lil" Stoner.

[Abravefan11]

Biscuit Pants

[judsonhamlin]

Wasn't there an outfielder in the 1880's nicknamed "Death to Flying Things"?

[barrysloate]

There was Judd, and I think it was the nickname of Robert Ferguson. Can anyone confirm this?

[Rich Klein]

who ended up being nicknamed Death to Flying Things.

True story about Rusty Kuntz; I was working at Mike Gordon's store when someone came in asking for Rusty Kuntz cards. Thinking THAT had to be a joke; I made a lot of fun at the whole situation until the guy pulled out a business card and he was,....

HIS BROTHER

I never turned so red in my life; and from that point on, I always asked more than just being a smart-aleck

Rich

[Rich Klein]

Some modern names of greatness include:

Shooty Babbitt

Razor Shines

Dick Pole (Not a nickname but a great name)

in Football we had

Happy Feller

Fair Hooker

And the list just keeps on growing!

[Jim VB]

Rich,

Do not forget NASCAR driver Dick Trickle!

[wolfdogg]

Always thought "Soupy" Campbell was pretty cool...............and "Deerfoot" Milan

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Some modern names of greatness include:

Shooty Babbitt

Razor Shines

Dick Pole (Not a nickname but a great name)

in Football we had

Happy Feller

Fair Hooker

And the list just keeps on growing!

More football - Buzz Nutter and Dick Shiner

[rhettyeakley]

Judson, you are correct, and that is my favorite all time nickname...

Robert V. "Death to flying things" Ferguson

-Rhett

[pitchernut]

lately I've been partial too Frank "Noodles" Hahn, no card so no pic Don't know how he got the name.... here we go "Frank George Hahn was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 29, 1879. He acquired his distinctive nickname as a youngster, though he claimed he didn't know why. "All I know is they always called me 'Noodles,'" Hahn said. But a friend claimed to recall the origin quite well. "When Hahn was a boy in Nashville," the man explained, "he always had to carry his father's lunch to him. His father worked in a piano factory, and the lunch was always noodle soup, so the nickname was a natural." There are at least three other variations on the story, however; in one he earned the nickname because he sold his mother's homemade noodle soup, in a second he was simply fond of the soup, and in a third, his brothers gave him the nickname for carrying noodle soup for his grandmother to a poor neighbor."

[mintacular]

some interesting posts so far. If you know HOW the nickname was earned that would also be appreciated. For example, how did little poison gain that nickname? (I know his older brother was "big poison" but where did the poison concept originate?)

[SmokyBurgess]

19th century player Arlie "The Freshest Man on Earth" Latham. Behavior so bad on the field, the coach's box came into being...or so goes the story.

[Irwin Fletcher]

Danny MacFayden - "Deacon Danny"

Dave Harris - "Sheriff" (Apparently, Harris was a sheriff in his hometown during the offseason).

[bigtrain]

As a kid, I played with an old Willie "Puddin' Head" Jones model glove.

[Orioles1954]

Win: Sam "The Goshen Schoolmaster" Leever

Place: Johnny "Ugly" Dickshot

Show: Hank "Bow Wow" Arft

Honorable Mention: Grady "Butcher Boy" Adkins

My Nickname at Huggins & Scott: James "The Mormon Mallet" Feagin ---sometimes just "Mallet"

[BleedinBlue]

From the 1941 Goudey set...

Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy

The Dodgers had a minor leaguer pitcher named Given Kutz. I always hoped he would make it but unfortunately his named foreshadowed his ability.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Ding-A-Ling Clay
Pretzels Pezzulo
Hurricane Hazle
Sweetbreads Bailey
Hub "The Gallatin Squash" Purdue
Hillbilly Bildilli

[matthew]

I love this one.

Al Orth "The Curveless Wonder"