StinkHole Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 LOl... Manziel has earned many more nicknames than that! Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis Ernie "Arrowhead" Holmes...the shooter of police helicopters. Wasn't there a "bullethead" on the Browns. His last name was Johnson, first name escapes me. Linebacker. He was hard to find, but I found him on YouTube. Eddie "Bullethead" Johnson. I've know him to be called "bullethead" but evidently he was known as the "assissin" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Mike Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Walter "the flea" Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoorta Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Browns nicknames: The Rabbit....Travis Benjamin That one was already in use- Ray "the Rabbit" Renfro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Jesus - a.k.a. Earl the Pearl Monroe Stan the Man Musial Pistol Pete Maravich "Air" Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious Styles Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Jesus - a.k.a. Earl the Pearl Monroe Stan the Man Musial Pistol Pete Maravich "Air" Jordan Jesus ? I dont think so. Earl Monroe's nickname was "the Pearl" as you posted the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpeen Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Wee Willie Keeler...baseball. I think they were talking about his height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudfly Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Jesus ? I dont think so. Earl Monroe's nickname was "the Pearl" as you posted the name. Yep, it's true....they called him Jesus, Black Jesus AND Earl the Pearl.....a veritable plethora of nicknames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 It occured to me, that there is a famous one missing. Oddly enough, it's a running back, the same size as Duke Johnson. The same name. How is that for cool? Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Johnson_(American_football) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudfly Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 It occured to me, that there is a famous one missing. Oddly enough, it's a running back, the same size as Duke Johnson. The same name. How is that for cool? Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Johnson_(American_football) Not to burst your bubble, but already got him......gotta say i always liked that nickname.....back in the day, those white shoes looked fasssssssssst!!!! Clyde The Glide Drexler.....Billy White Shoes Johnson.....The Refridgerator....Turkey Jones......Big Daddy Carl Hairston....Karl The Mailman Malone....Neon Deon.... lots of boxers like ....Boom Boom Mancini...Tommy Hitman Hearns...money maker....sugar ray.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Wee Willie Keeler...baseball. I think they were talking about his height. You mean Dick Trickle? Oh, wait....that was not a nickname. Neither was former Browns/Steelers QB Dick Shiner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 It occured to me, that there is a famous one missing. Oddly enough, it's a running back, the same size as Duke Johnson. The same name. How is that for cool? Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Johnson_(American_football) Is "Duke" a nickname for Johnson? Or is that his real first name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Good question, his first name is actually Randy. But the "DUKE" is in -quotes- (lol), so it's a prominent middle name used as the first name, or he didn't have a middle name or something. Beats me. Duke "White Shoes" Johnson. I think that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious Styles Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Yep, it's true....they called him Jesus, Black Jesus AND Earl the Pearl.....a veritable plethora of nicknamesI stand corrected. I thought black jesus was some other playground legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBrownsFan Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 "Strauss the Mouse" Bruce Strauss (born February 6, 1952 in Omaha, Nebraska)[1] is a retired boxer who is more known for his losses than for his wins. His nickname is The Mouse. He achieved notoriety in the 1970s and 1980s after fighting, and generally losing, to a wide variety of opponents, with him also being known for his cheery, easy-going personality. It has been estimated that, combined with his fights using the Ruben Bardot alias, he might have actually lost more than 150 fights by knockout. He himself has made mockery of his knockout loss number, stating that he is "probably the only boxer in history that has lost by knockout on every continent." He once joked that the only reason that he hadn't fought and lost in Antarctica was that he hated being cold. I remembered watching this guy on tv sometime in the 70's and thought it was a funny name for a boxer "Strauss the Mouse". The only time I saw him fight he got clobbered which apparently was something he was used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I prefered Ken "The Mouse" McFadden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 It occured to me, that there is a famous one missing. Oddly enough, it's a running back, the same size as Duke Johnson. The same name. How is that for cool? Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Johnson_(American_football) No bubble bursting here, but B. "White Shoes" Johnson was not a RB but was a bitchin kick returner and WR. Those White Shoes were not that fast in the Wildcard Game in Cleveland in the Snow, as I Froze My Ass Off from the Pound. Woof Woof!! We good with DuuuKKKEEE for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice job, Gumby - I was wrong, I labeled him a rb because I remembered his running the ball like a little wild man and going for big yards. Except it -was- on krs. Still a great nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice job, Gumby - I was wrong, I labeled him a rb because I remembered his running the ball like a little wild man and going for big yards. Except it -was- on krs. Still a great nickname. Good stuff. Think you and many other players still have thoughts of Earl Campbell running them over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Earl Campbell? Sure do. Mean Joe Greene said Earl inflicted more damage on a defense than any other player he ever faced. He paid a price for all the collisions. He was scary good. https://youtu.be/zz_XcCJ_ENc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 And the sad short life of the original "Big Daddy" Lipscomb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Lipscomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I see that Duke Johnson's real name is Randy. I guess he didn't want to be confused with The Big Unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco918 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 This won't be popular in these parts but Ozzie Smith is the only wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Byron "Whizzer" White was a Supreme Court justice in later life. U. of Colo. AA HB was once the highest paid NFL player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Mike Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Former Browns' LB & now Judge Dick "Bam-Bam" Ambrose. The Whizzer White reference spurred my memory on this one. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 There was a guy whose nickname was "Death to Flying Things". Interesting how one could get such a moniker. ...in checking....this guy Bob Ferguson, played before ballplayers actually used mitts. He was adept at catching the ball with his bare hands. (or as some surmised, he was a good duck hunter) Other old nicknames: Lou Gehrig before he became the Iron Horse had the nickname "Biscuit Pants" Pud "Little Steam Engine" Galvin Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy....but that went over well. Frank "The Piano Mover" Smith George "High Pockets" Kelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 This won't be popular in these parts but Ozzie Smith is the only wizard. Apparently not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 The Flying Tomato. Shaun White, Snowboarder. Always liked that one. Bill "Wagon Tongue" Keister......because he never stopped talking. Babe Phelps...The Blimp. Because of his portly build. Oddly though he was afraid to fly and when his team started to travel by air, he retired and became "The Grounded Blimp". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wideload Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Have to throw in here with my favorite baseball player of all time. Tony "Doggie" Perez. Yes I was a Reds fan but there's a dog reference there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudfly Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Not really nick names, but how about some really weird name changes?.....like...... World Be Free, He Hate Me, Metta World Peace, Chad Ocho Cinco...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 And Dizzy Dean's sidekick for Saturday baseball on TV was Pee Wee Reese. I don't recall if brother Daffy Dean was ever a guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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