Sports Nicknames
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)
Athletics:
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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