@p51strega Sorry, but Pat “Little Ball of Hate” Verbeek and “Cowboy” Bill Plett supplant Panarin. Sorry Bruins fans, but you can’t give that moniker to Marchand.
Can’t remember who it was but an old-time baseball player had the nickname “Death To Flying Objects.” I think Pepper Martin was “The Wild Horse of the Osage.”
fretlessman71 over 8 years ago
The ultimate nickname:Bob “Boom-shacka-lacka” Apodaca.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
Best one I ever heard was for a college basketball player named Jacek Duda. Teammates called him “Zipadee.”
P51Strega over 8 years ago
Boom Boom GeoffrionBread Man Panarin
Two hockey greats.
tombob over 8 years ago
Bert “Be Home” Blyleven
Alabama Al over 8 years ago
“Beast Mode” = Marshawn Lynch
sarah413 Premium Member over 8 years ago
@p51strega Sorry, but Pat “Little Ball of Hate” Verbeek and “Cowboy” Bill Plett supplant Panarin. Sorry Bruins fans, but you can’t give that moniker to Marchand.
Spookyhawkins over 8 years ago
Jeff Leonard – “Penitentiary Face”!
Godfreydaniel over 8 years ago
Can’t remember who it was but an old-time baseball player had the nickname “Death To Flying Objects.” I think Pepper Martin was “The Wild Horse of the Osage.”
diplomat over 8 years ago
Bob Ferguson was known as Death to Flying Things…
ZBicyclist Premium Member over 8 years ago
The Bus. Take the Bus. (Jerome Bettis)
K M over 8 years ago
“Clams” Castino. Late Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan hung that one on John Castino of the Minnesota Twinkies.
nwrunner over 8 years ago
Mitch Wild Thing Williams and how about Sam Mayday Malone? (since the hall isn’t real, surely the players don’t have to be)
Enter.Name.Here over 8 years ago
’Mean" Joe Green.
‘Wilt the Stilt’ Chamberland.
“The Juice is on the loose!” …actually O.J.’s still penned-up in prison ;-)