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Sporting Nicknames
Many are naff. But some make me smile.
To start you off:-
"One size" Fitz Hall (football)
Justin Edinburgh-"Leith" (football)
Peter Such-"Ferret" (cricket) (he was such a bad batsman he went in after the rabbits)
Michael "Second to" Nunn (boxing)
To start you off:-
"One size" Fitz Hall (football)
Justin Edinburgh-"Leith" (football)
Peter Such-"Ferret" (cricket) (he was such a bad batsman he went in after the rabbits)
Michael "Second to" Nunn (boxing)
Comments
Martin Offiah = Chariots.
Dion Dublin -the Shower Clearer.
David James -Calamity James.
Meanwhile:-
"Duncan Disorderly " Ferguson (football)
Nantie "Wayward" Hayward (cricket)
Roland "the Tripod" Scholten (darts)
A fave of mine that has applied to many a striker over the years is the Jigsaw - always goes to pieces in the box.
Cricket nicknames spring to mind. Firstly Mark Waugh who was not considered for the Australian team until three years after his brother Steve. He was called Afghanistan (the forgotten Waugh)!
While travelling it is easy to see a theme appearing here in NZ as regards their national teams: All Blacks (rugby), All Whites (football), Small Blacks (youth), Crawl Blacks (swimming), Black Caps (cricket), and my personal favourite...the Tall Blacks (basketball).
Try these: Phil 'The Cat' Tufnell - when he's not playing he's always asleep in the locker room. . Harbinger Singh - the 'Turbanator'.
The most boring snooker match ever - Eddie 'the Snail' Charlton v Cliff 'the Grinder' Thorburn. Cliff's comments after losing in the early hours - "he just ground me down"!
Some of the better nicknames have come from the footy terraces. Robbie "Toxteth Terrier" Fowler, Jan "The Great Dane" Molby but the favourite has to be for the rotund keeper, Ray Clemence - "The Flying Pig".
Steve "Tugger" Waugh
How about the boxer Robert "Lobster" Thermidor? That one always made me crack up.
Mark Waugh was the second twin to be picked and was known as Afghanistan, the forgotten Waugh. His brother had so many clothes he was known as Drobe.
Colin, UK
Massimo Taibi whilst at Utd had the best nickname - "the blind Venecian". His blunders made Seaman look like the pinnacle of professionalism.
Gilbert Brown of the Green Bay Packers.......he is called 'biscuit' as he is a biscuit shy of 300lbs
Cowdenbeath's nickname of the Blue Brazil just for the sheer irony of it all.
What about one for David Seaman - David 'Aeroplane' Seaman - although that one might go over his head!!
'Butter Finger' Barthez. Critics have now been silenced with his truly world class saves,
David James - 'Calamity James'. So true!
'Right Angle' Ray Wilkins (or Ray 'The Crab' Wilkins), thus named due to his inability to pass the ball anywhere other than sideways.
One of his nicknames was "The Demon Barber" cos his passes were all short, back, and sides
Ron Chopper Harris.
Beefy Botham.
Norman Bites Yer Legs Hunter.
Iron Mike Tyson.
Ray Parlour The Romford Pele.
Nicolas The Incredible Sulk Anelka.
Greg Great White Shark Norman.
William "Refrigerator" Perry - I think if you asked the average person in the street to name any NFL player, they would answer either Tom Brady, OJ Simpson (because of his legal issues and media coverage), or this guy.
Christian Okoye, AKA "The Nigerian Nightmare", due to his heritage and unique combination of speed, size and power. Moved to the US at the age of 21 as a track and field athlete, hoping to compete in the 1984 Summer Olympics for Nigeria. Politics happened so he missed out. He then started playing American Football at the age of 23. Got taken in the NFL draft in 1987 by the Kansas City Chiefs and held several team records for a while, before retiring in 1992.
Jared Lorenzen, AKA "The Hefty Lefty". In the NFL, he was a 3rd string quarterback for the New York Giants. Unlike most on this thread, he wasn't particularly good. He barely played any meaningful football (i.e. not preseason), and his weight ultimately prevented him from having a better career. He's probably best known for his nickname, without which he would just be another one of the hundreds of 'nobodies' that signed for a team and played in some meaningless preseason games each year before getting released and fading into obscurity.
EDIT: Just found out he died a couple of weeks ago, aged 38. Apparently got up to 500+ lbs (~36 stone) after his playing career.
Azpilicueta gets called 'Dave' because no one can say his name, even though it's Cesar.
They make a right dog's breakfast of that...:)
Think your life is hard? Spare a thought for Gaylord Silly.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/people-with-the-most-unfortunate-names-in-sport
1. Yoshi Takeshita
2. Di ck Felt
3. Danny Shittu
4. Destinee Hooker
5. Rusty Kuntz
6. Dean Windass
7. Kim Yoo Suck
8. Misty Hyman
9. Ivana Mandic
10. Gaylord Silly
11. Dong Dong
12. David Seaman
13. Wang Liqin
14. DeWanna Bonner
15. Andrei Arshavin
16. Steve Sharts
17. Di ck Paradise
18. Ralf ****
19. Lucious Pusey
20. Bernt Haas
21. Rickey van Wolfswinkel
22. Chubby Cox
23. Di ck Sisler
24. Argelico Fu cks
25. **** Trickle
26. Nortei Nortey
27. André Muff
28. Tokyo Sexwale
"Robbo" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing [446]
"The Fun Bus" = Jason Leonard, Prop
"Shaggy" = Will Greenwood, Centre
"Pitbull" = Brian Moore, Hooker
"Pine Tree" = Colin Meads, Lock
"The Beaver" = Stephen Donald, Fly Half / Centre
"The Judge" = Paul Rendall, Prop
"Squeaky" = Rob Andrew, Fly Half
"Alfie" = Gareth Thomas, Centre/Wing
"The Iron Duke" = Bobby Windsor, Hooker
"Uncle Fester" = Keith Wood, Hooker
"Judith" = Craig Chalmers, Fly Half
"The Great White Shark" or "JJ" = John Jeffrey, Flanker
"Nobody" = John Eales, 2nd Row
Her maiden name was not important in this context.
It is a family tradition that people have their parent's middle nane (so grandparents effectively choose the names). So my sister was due to be Theresa.
Fortunately, the Midwives said they would not let her out of the Maternity wing like that. My mum had never realised that marrying a Green meant that would not be wise