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Sporting nicknames

MrOneLung
MrOneLung Posts: 27,092
in Other Football and Sports
Following on from a comment on another thread re nicknames, what are your best/favourite sporting nicknames?

I would like to put forward:

Whispering Death - Michael Holding.

Nobody - John Eales (as in Nobody's Perfect)
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    I used to play rugby with a Dick Pett .. known to his mates (all 2 of them lol) as Crum
  • Ben18
    Ben18 Posts: 1,639
    I used to play cricket with a guy, who we nicknamed Whispering Jeff
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,832
    One Size - Fitz Hall
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,463
    I always liked Matthew "Steamy" Windows.

    And, of course Justin Edinburgh was known as Musselburgh.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,723
    Chariots Offiah
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,929
    not really original but we have a new chap at my cricket club who i have nicknamed Dave
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    edited May 2015
    Matt Tees .. a k a Lino .. always on the floor (will the 'younger brigade' even get the reference to linoleum ?)
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    edited May 2015
    Bob Goldthorpe .. thrupenny bit 'ead .. never knew in which direction the ball would leave his bonce
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,832
    Surely Kenny Lunt's nickname was Lenny?
  • Gumbo
    Gumbo Posts: 957
    Kevin Lisbie nickname was Jigsaw as he often fell to pieces in the box

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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    My brother has a wart on his ear, so we call him Sir Walt Ear Raleigh.

    *but he doesn't play sport, so I guess it doesn't count.......
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    The late Kent & England cricketer Graham Dilley was nicknamed Picca.
  • Pelham123
    Pelham123 Posts: 383
    36 - Billy Twelvetrees
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,427
    Simon Grayson (Preston) is referred to as Larry by a lot of folk in football.
  • johnnyhumphrey
    johnnyhumphrey Posts: 449
    Ex-cricketers--Aussie Mark Taylor aka Tubs and England opener John Crawley aka Creepy.
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    I like Richard Moneys - Dickie Dosh
  • rufusisadogsname
    rufusisadogsname Posts: 862
    Sean Dyche - Exhaust Pipe
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,272
    Lincsaddick said:

    Bob Goldthorpe .. thrupenny bit 'ead .. never knew in which direction the ball would leave his bonce

    I recall as a kid, my dad & his mates used to call him a "tiller girl".
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,155
    LenGlover said:

    Chariots Offiah

    SuedeAdidas said:

    One Size - Fitz Hall

    Have to go some to beat these two
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,155
    Martin Pringle - Bambi on Ice

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,155
    edited May 2015
    William Perry - The Refrigerator
  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128
    Me old mucker George "Digger" Digweed

    ; )
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,780
    johnnyhumphrey said:

    Ex-cricketers--Aussie Mark Taylor aka Tubs and England opener John Crawley aka Creepy.

    Ian Chappell dubbed Crawley 'Second innings Sid".
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,950
    The Three Degrees-Laurie Cunningham, Brendan Batson and Cyrille Regis.
  • Pelham123
    Pelham123 Posts: 383
    Emilio 'the vulture' Butragueno
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,756
    Papa Bouba Diop - The Wardrobe
  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,113
    Fabrice Muamba - 'Lazarus'.
  • Penfolds Perm
    Penfolds Perm Posts: 554
    Martin Keown --- The Rash
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,334
    SuedeAdidas said:

    One Size - Fitz Hall

    Has always been my personal favourite. I've also heard people refer to Kevin Pietersen as 'figjam' although I'm sure that nickname was originally given to Phil Mickelson
  • Penfolds Perm
    Penfolds Perm Posts: 554
    Neil Pointon the old Everton and Man City player was nicknamed Dissa if I remember rightly.

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