Sports Nicknames

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Sports Nicknames

Tennis:

Rod Laver = The Rocket (His ace serve)

Roscoe Tanner = The Cannonball (His ace serve, too)

Basketball:

Earvin Johnson = ' Magic' . (Few athletes are truly unique, changing the way their sport is played with their singular skills. Earvin ' Magic' Johnson was one of them)

Larry Joe Bird = Larry Legend. (Once every generation or so, a player comes along who can truly be called a superstar)

Oscar Robertson = the ' Big O, '(He is recognized as one of the game's most versatile players of all-time)

American Football:

William Perry = The refrigerator (bulk and fridge emptying appetite)

Miruts Yifter = Yifter the Shifter. I once saw Miruts Yifter out kick Steve Ovett in a 5,000 metres race. I poignant moment that confirmed Yifter's greatness, and confined Ovett to the shorter distances.

Fanny Blankers-Koen = The Flying Dutchwoman

Olympic Games:

Eric the Eel Eric Moussambani (Olympic swimmer Sydney2000)

Eddie Edwards = Eddie the Eagle

Generic

Spud Murphy
Chalky White
Dusty Miller
Knobby Clarke

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