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daddio
daddio asked in SportsOther - Sports · 1 decade ago

Whats your favorite nickname for any athlete who ever played a sport??

Please forget the wrestling ones ...too many..

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  • LottoJM
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    "The Chicoutimi Cucumber," Georges Vezina

    Montreal Canadiens Goaltender (1911 – 1926)

  • 8of2kinds
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    There are a lot of good ones, but I'll go with Christian "The Nigerian Nightmare" Okoye. Other greats include:

    The Splendid Splinter, He Hate Me, Chocolate Thunder, The Owl Without a Vowel, Mr. Hockey, The Say Hey Kid, The Sultan of Swat, Sweetness, Hands of Stone...

  • mf52dolphin
    1 decade ago

    The are a lot of good ones, but I like Hacksaw for 1970's Rams middle linebacker Jack Reynolds.

  • anthonyw w
    1 decade ago

    Andrei KiriLenko

    aK-47

    (HiS iNitIaLz aNd JeRseY NuMber)

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  • MC Kiwi
    1 decade ago

    I'd have to go with "The Fridge". Fantastically evocative, and most important, highly distinctive.

  • Nesnah
    1 decade ago

    Sam "MAYDAY" Malone

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    Source(s): Ted Danson from the TV show Cheers
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