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My current favorite is the nick name for Alex Rodriguez...A-Roid.

Other famous nick names: Juice (O.J.), The Greatest (Ali), Big Diesel (Shaq), Black Momba (Kobe Bryant---he is a snake :D ), Magic (Earvin Johnson), Tiger (Eldridge Woods), Mr. Clutch (Jerry West), etc.

What is the best/favorite nick name for a pro athlete?
 
Pervis 'Never Nervous' Ellison

Nigerian Nightmare = Christian Okoye

The Refrigerator = William Perry

The Molester = Lester Hayes

Andre 'Red Light' Racicot (crappy NHL goaltender)
 
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My current favorite is the nick name for Alex Rodriguez...A-Roid.

Other famous nick names: Juice (O.J.), The Greatest (Ali), Big Diesel (Shaq), Black Momba (Kobe Bryant---he is a snake :D ), Magic (Earvin Johnson), Tiger (Eldridge Woods), Mr. Clutch (Jerry West), etc.

What is the best/favorite nick name for a pro athlete?
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all men. man-love :D
 
There was a new Navy recruiting class and their drill instructor introduced himself to them and ruled out nicknames. He was a football coach from Texas, and he shouted "My (expletive) name is Jones. It's not (expletive) Jonesy or (expletive) Chief Jones. It's (expletive) Mister (expletive) Jones, and don't you (expletive) forget it." No one ever did.
 
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Jack "The Assasin" Tatum
Craig "Iron Head" Hayward
Jack "Hack Saw" Reynolds
Steve "Mongo" McMichael
Scottie "No Tippin' " Pippen (He is rumored to be "thrifty" with his money and unfamiliar with the concept of giving gratuities.)
Mike "I'll endorse anything" Ditka
James "I'll let anybody blow me" Worthy
Dennis "How am I still alive" Rodman
Lenny "Can I sign with the Phillies or Mets for 1 year" Dykstra
Charles "Round Mound of Rebound" Barkley
Joe "Yankee Clipper" DiMaggio
Yogi "Einstein" Berra......................
 
"Iceman".... George Gervin
"the Answer" or "AI".. Allen "just practice" Iverson
"Dr. J"..... Julius Irving
"I-Rod".... Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez.
"Clyde the Glyde" ...Clyde Drexler
"Air Jordan".... MJ
"Air Canada" ...Vince Carter.
"Big Ticket"...Kevin Garnett
"Tripod"... El Cubano
 
Billy "White Shoes" Johnson.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones.
Kenny "The Snake" Stabler
Randy "The Manster" White
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds

to name a few
 
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Billy "White Shoes" Johnson.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones.
Kenny "The Snake" Stabler
Randy "The Manster" White
Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds

to name a few
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What's good about your list is virtually all of those nicknames became surrogate first names. I don't think I ever heard Too Tall called "Ed".

We could add Ted "the Stork" Hendricks and Eugene "Mercury" Morris. And few people know Red Grange as Harold.

BTW: Marvin "the Human Eraser" Webster died last week.....
 
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