Most Unique Player Nickname (O/T)

[Jim VB]

Rich,

Do not forget NASCAR driver Dick Trickle!

[wolfdogg]

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

[yawie99]

I've always liked Arlie Latham's "The Freshest Man on Earth." And Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin must've been the Method Man of the Gashouse Gang: "Pepper" and - perhaps my all-time favorite nickname in Sport - "The Wild Horse of the Osage."

[Rich Klein]

Nicknames were not as PC back in these good old days:

Look at all the Heinie's running around

Examples are

Heinie Manush
Heinie Meine

And for the weight conscious amongst us:

Fatty Fothergill

And of course

Slim Sallee

Babe Ruth has his own coterie of nicknames;

Sultan of Swat; Bambino, etc

Lou Gehrig:

The Iron Horse; Buster

And a couple good modern ones that told about the players

"Dirty" Al Gallagher; who wanted to spell out Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher anyway

and

"Sudden" Sam McDowell

More as I think of them

[Peter_Spaeth]

Cool Papa Bell.
Highpockets Kelly.

[Brian Van Horn]

As I recall an earlier story, a newspaperman called the Waners big person and little person to differentiate between the two, but because of his accent it sounded like "Big Poison" and "Little Poison." The nicknames stuck.

[packs]

Donnie Baseball has to be one of the best nicknames to have as a ball player.

I always liked Frank Chance's "The Peerless Leader" and Johnny Evers "Crab"

But the all time best nickname is a tie between Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom and good old Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

[Brian Van Horn]

Harry "Giant Killer" Coveleskie
Pete "The Gladiator" Browning-not a flattering nickname since it was based on his fielding skills
Tony "Poosh Em Up" Lazzeri
"Moonlight" Graham
Johnny "Double No Hit" Vander Meer
Honus "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner
Butts Wagner
Walter "The Big Train" Johnson
Pepper "Wild Horse of the Osage" Martin
Harry "The Horse" Danning

[sox1903wschamp]

Since were O/T, my 2 favorite nicknames are from Hockey and being a Bruins fan for life with a Dad that had season tics for 20 years from 55 to 75, many a time in our household growing up, I heard these nicknames uttered:

Johnny "Pie Face" McKenzie: My alltime fav and although small in stature, he would go through a wall to score a goal and a had a big heart.

Don "Mary" McKenney: The antithesis of Pie Face. Great talent, good player but was not a fan of the rough play or mixing it up in the corners. Hence the nickname "Mary".

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Nicknames were not as PC back in these good old days:


"Dirty" Al Gallagher; who wanted to spell out Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher anyway

Dirty Al was the manager a few years back of the St Joe Blacksnakes in the American Association...he is a heck of a nice fellow.

[KNH]

Frank "Wildfire" Schulte - Cubs
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch - Rams
Bill "Spaceman" Lee - Expos
Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell - Celtics