List of sportspeople by nickname

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This is a list of sportspeople by nickname.

Contents 1 American Football 2 Association Football 3 Australian rules football 4 Baseball 5 Basketball 6 Boxing 7 Cricket 8 Cycling 8.1 BMX 9 Darts 10 Gaelic Football 11 Golf 12 Ice Hockey 13 Martial Arts 14 Motorsport 15 Pool / Snooker 16 Rugby 17 Tennis 18 Track and Field 19 Weightlifting 20 Wrestling 21 Other 22 Sources 23 See also

[edit] American Football

See also: List of NFL nicknames

[edit] Association Football

See also: List of football (soccer) players by nickname

• "L'aigle dalmate" (French for "The Dalmatian Eagle") = Josip Skoblar, Yugoslavian soccer player
• "The Albino Rhino" = Karl Mecklenburg, U.S. football player
• "The Animal" = Edmundo, Brazilian footballer
• "The A-Train" = Mike Alstott, U.S. football player
• "The Asian Maradona" = Ali Karimi, Iranian football player
• "The Assassin" = Jack Tatum, U.S. football player
• "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Ole Solskjær, Norwegian footballer
• "Baixinho" (Portuguese for "Shorty") = Romario, Brazilian soccer player
• "Batigol" = Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian soccer player
• "Becks" = David Beckham, English footballer
• "Big Al" = Alan Shearer, English footballer
• "Big Sam" = Sam Allardyce English football manager
• "The Black Spider" = Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer
• "Bomber der Nation" (German, "Bomber of the Nation") = Gerd Müller, German soccer player
• "Bora" = Velibor Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer
• "La Bruja" (Spanish, "The Witch") = Juan Ramón Verón, Argentinian footballer
• "La Brujita" (Spanish, "The Little Witch") = Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentinian footballer
• "El Buitre" (Spanish, "The Vulture") = Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
• "The Bull" = Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer
• "The Bull of the Bosporus" = Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
• "Canto" = Eric Cantona, French footballer
• "Captain America" = Claudio Reyna, soccer player
• "Captain Marvel" = Bryan Robson, English footballer
• "Chief" = Wayne Allison, UK Soccer player
• "Chopper" = Ron Harris, English footballer
• "CR7" = Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• "The Crab" = Ray Wilkins, British footballer
• "Crouchy" = Peter Crouch, English footballer
• "The Dancing Bear" = Ron McDole, U.S. football player
• "El Diez" (Spanish for "the 10") = Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer (from his jersey number)
• "Il Divin Codino" (Italian for "The Divine Ponytail") = Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
• "Doctor" = Theophilus Khumalo, South African footballer
• "Doctor" = Sócrates, Brazilian footballer
• "Duke" = John Elway, U.S. football player
• "Duracell" = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
• "The Dutch Destroyer" = Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
• "Il fenomeno" (Italian for "The Phenomenon") = Ronaldo, Brazil footballer
• "Fergie" = Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
• "Fergie" = Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• "The Galloping Major" = Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer
• "Gazza" = Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
• "De Generaal" (Dutch for "The General") = Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer

""Il Genio" (Italian for "The Genius") = Dejan Savićević, Serbian footballer

• "The Ginger Ninja" = Paul Scholes, English footballer
• "God" = Alan Shearer, English footballer
• "Goldenballs" = David Beckham, English footballer
• "Gronaldo" (French language pun, roughly "Fat Ronaldo") = Jean-Claude Darcheville, French footballer
• "The Helicopter" = Vahid Hashemian, Iranian footballer
• "The Helicopter" = Ivan Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• "The Hunter" = Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• "Ibou" = Ibrahim Ba, French soccer player
• "Ibracadabra" = Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish soccer player
• "Iceman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
• "Imperatore" = Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian soccer player
• "Incredible Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French soccer player^[2]
• "Jay-Jay" = Augustine Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• "Jinky" = Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer
• "Johan I" = Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
• "Johan II" = Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
• "Kaiser Franz" = Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
• "De Kannibaal" (Dutch for "The Cannibal") = Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch football player
• "Keano" = Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
• "Keano" = Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
• "Der Killer" (German for "The Killer") = Ivan Klasnic, Croatian footballer
• "King Eric" = Eric Cantona, French football player
• "Kleines dickes Müller" (German, "Short fat Müller") = Gerd Müller, West German soccer player
• "Koppita" = Raymond Kopa, French football player
• "Kral" (Turkish for "King") = Hakan Sükür, Turkish footballer
• "De Kromme" (Dutch for "The Curve") = Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer
• "Lash" = Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
• "Le God" = Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer
• "Leicester's Favourite Son" = Gary Lineker, English footballer
• "Litti" = Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
• "Little Buddha" = Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
• "Little Buddha" = Ivan de la Peña, Spanish footballer
• "El Loco" (Spanish for "The Crazy One") = Rene Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper
• "El Loco" (Spanish for "The Crazy One") = Ramón Quiroga, Peruvian goalkeeper
• "The Maradona of the Carpathians" = Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
• "Mary Poppins" = Alan Shearer, English footballler^[3]
• "Medvěd" or "Meda" (Czech for "Bear" or "Teddy bear") = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
• "Mido" = Ahmed Hossam, Egyptian footballer
• "Miracle Worker" = Bora Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer^[4] (for his ability to take four different teams beyond the first round in four different World Cup finals)
• "Mr. George" = George Weah, Liberian footballer
• "Il muro di Berlino" (Italian, "The Berlin Wall") = Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
• "El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• "Obagoal" = Obafemi Martins, Nigerian football player
• "One Size" = Fitz Hall, English soccer player
• "Pelé" = Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
• "Pelusa" (Spanish, "fuzz") = Diego Maradona, Argentinian soccer player
• "The Phantom" = Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
• "El Pibe de Oro" (Spanish for "The Golden Kid") = Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer
• "El Pibe" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
• "Pierino La Peste" (Italian for Pete the little pest) = Pierino Prati, Italian soccerplayer^[5]
• "The Pitbull" = Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
• "Pizza" = Peter Hutton , Northern Irish footballer
• "Platoche" = Michel Platini, French soccer player
• "Preki" = Predrag Radosavljevic, Serbia-born American soccer player
• "El Presidente" = Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
• "Psycho" = Stuart Pearce, English football player
• "Raymond la science" (French for Brainy Raymond) = Raymond Goethals, Belgian soccer player and coach
• "Razor" = Neil Ruddock, British footballer
• "O Rei" (Portuguese, "The King") = Pelé, Brazilian soccer player
• "Rehakles" = Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
• "Robot Rothen" = Jérôme Rothen, French soccer player
• "The Rock" = Marcel Desailly, French soccer player
• "Roo" = Wayne Rooney, English soccer player
• "RVP" = Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• "S.A.S" = Alan Shearer & Chris Sutton, partnership nickname whilst playing for Blackburn Rovers
• "El Salvador" = Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
• "San Marco" = Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer
• "Scarface" = Franck Ribéry, French soccer player
• "Sheva" = Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian soccer player
• "The Snake" = Youri Djorkaeff, French soccer player
• "Sniffer" = Allan Clarke, English footballer
• "The Special One" = José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager^[6] (given to him by the media for his infamous press conference comment)
• "Spiderman" = Carlo Cudicini, Italian football goalkeeper
• "The Steak" = Adriano, Brazilian football player
• "Le Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French soccer player^[2]
• "Super Pippo" = Filippo Inzaghi, Italian soccer player
• "The Tank" = Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
• "El Tren" = Adolfo Valencia,Colombian footballer
• "Tino" = Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
• "Titi" = Thierry Henry, French soccer player
• "Totò" = Salvatore Schillaci, Italian soccer player
• "Turnip" = Graham Taylor, English football manager (given by The Sun newspaper, as a response to poor result)
• "Two-Metre Peter" = Peter Crouch, English footballer
• "Turl" = Theodor Brinek, Jr., Austrian footballer
• "Van The Man" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
• "Van Gol" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
• "Vishnu" = Vikash Dhorasoo, French soccer player
• "Wazza" = Wayne Rooney, English footballer
• "The Welsh Wizard" = Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
• "The White Pelé" = Zico, Brazilian soccer player
• "Willy" = Casey Weedon, English footballer
• "The Wizard of the Dribble" = Stanley Matthews, English footballer
• "Zeko" - (Bosnian, "Rabbit") = Almir Turkovic, Bosnian footballer
• "Zico" = Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian footballer
• "Zizou" = Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
• "Zog On The Tyne" = Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
• "De Zwarte Tulp" (Dutch for "The Black Tullip") = Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer

[edit] Australian rules football

See also: List of nicknames used in Australian rules football

• "Buddha" = Garry Hocking, Australian rules footballer
• "Crackers" = Peter Keenan, Australian footballer
• "Dipper" = Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer
• "God" = Gary Ablett, Australian Australian rules footballer
• "Lethal Leigh" = Leigh Matthews, Australian footballer
• "Pants" – = Darren Millane, Australian footballer
• "Plugger" = Tony Lockett, Australian footballer

[edit] Baseball

• "Arky" = Joseph Vaughan, U.S. baseball player
• "A-Mazing" = Alex Rodriguez, U.S. baseball player
• "A-Ram" = Aramis Ramirez, baseball player
• "A-Rod" = Alex Rodriguez, U.S. baseball player
• "The Amazing One" = Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
• "Babe" = Charles B. Adams, U.S. baseball player
• "Babe" = Floyd C. Herman, U.S. baseball player
• "Babe" = George Ruth, U.S. baseball player^[7]
• "Baby Bull" = Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player
• "Baby Braves" = Group of young Atlanta Braves players from the mid-2000s Brian McCann , Pete Orr, Ryan Langerhans, Jeff Francoeur, and Kyle Davies. The list develops as new players, mostly developed from the highly successful draft, are developed, as it is highly likely Chuck James will join that group.
• "Bake = Arnold McBride, U.S. baseball player
• "Bam Bam" = Hensley Meulens, U.S. baseball player
• "The Bambino" = George Ruth, U.S. baseball player
• "The Barber" = Sal Maglie, U.S. baseball player
• "The Bash Brothers" = José Canseco and Mark McGwire, U.S. baseball players, when they were teammates on the Oakland Athletics
• "Batman and Robin" = Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura, U.S. baseball players, when they were teammates on the New York Mets during the late 1990s
• "Bernie" = Bernabé Williams, Puerto Rican baseball player
• "Be Home" = Bert Blyleven, Dutch baseball player
• "Big Cat" – = Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
• "Big Daddy" = Cecil Fielder, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Daddy" = Rick Reuschel, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Donkey" = Billy Butler, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Donkey" = Adam Dunn, U.S. baseball player
• "The Big Hurt" = Frank Thomas, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Mac" = Willie McCovey, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Mac" = Mark McGwire, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Papi" = David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
• "Big Poison" = Paul Waner, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Red" = Mark McGwire, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Six" = Christy Mathewson, U.S. baseball player
• "The Big Train" = Walter Johnson, U.S. baseball player
• "The Big Unit" = Randy Johnson, U.S. baseball player
• "Big Z" = Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• "Bip" = Leon Roberts, U.S. baseball player
• "Bird" = Mark Fidrych, U.S. baseball player
• "Biz" = John Raleigh Mackey, U.S. baseball player^[8]
• "Black Jack" = Jack McDowell, former MLB pitcher
• "Black Mike" = Mickey Cochrane, U.S. baseball player
• "Blue Moon" = John Odom, U.S. baseball player
• "Bone" = Jay Buhner, U.S. baseball player
• "Boomer" = George Scott, U.S. baseball player
• "Boomer" = David Wells, U.S. baseball player
• "Bubba" = Richard Crosby, U.S. baseball player
• "Buck" = Frank McCormick, U.S. baseball player
• "Buck" = John Jordan O'Neil, U.S. baseball player and ambassador
• "Buck" = William Showalter, U.S. baseball manager
• "Buck" = George Weaver, U.S. baseball player
• "Bucketfoot Al" = Al Simmons, U.S. baseball player
• "Buddy" = David Bell, U.S. baseball player and manager
• "The Bull" = Greg Luzinski, U.S. baseball player
• "Bulldog" = Orel Hershiser, American baseball player
• "Bullet" (or "Bullets") = Charles W. Rogan, American baseball player
• "Bullet Joe" = Charles Rogan, American baseball player ^[9]
• "Bump" = Elliott Wills, U.S. baseball player
• "Bye Bye" = Steve Balboni, U.S. baseball player
• "El Caballo" (Spanish, "The Horse") = Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
• "Campy" = Roy Campanella, U.S. baseball player
• "Campy" = Bert Campaneris, U.S. baseball player
• "Candyman" = John Candelaria, U.S. baseball player
• "Cap" = Adrian Anson, U.S. baseball player
• "Captain Bly" = Bert Blyleven, Dutch baseball player
• "Captain Hook" = George L. Anderson, U.S. baseball player and manager
• "Cat" = Frank Catalanotto, U.S. baseball player
• "Catfish" = Jim Hunter, U.S. baseball player^[10]
• "Charlie Hustle" = Pete Rose, U.S. baseball player
• "Chick" – = Arnold Gandil, U.S. baseball player
• "Chicken" = Fred Stanley, U.S. baseball player
• "The Chicken" = Ted Giannoulas, baseball mascot
• "Chicken Man" = Wade Boggs, U.S. baseball player
• "Chico" = Cleotha Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "Chief" = Charles Bender, U.S. baseball player
• "Chipper" = Larry Jones, Jr. , U.S. baseball player
• "Choo-Choo" = Clarence Coleman, U.S. baseball player
• "El Chupacabra" (Spanish for "the goatsucker") = Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player
• "Cobra" = Dave Parker, U.S. baseball player
• "Cocky" = Eddie Collins, U.S. baseball player
• "Coco" = Covelli Crisp, U.S. baseball player
• "Colossus" = Mark McGwire, U.S. baseball player
• "Connie Mack" = Cornelius McGillicuddy, U.S. baseball player, manager, and team owner
• "Cookie" = Octavio Rojas, Cuban (later U.S.) baseball player
• "Cookie" = C. C. Sabathia, U.S.) baseball player, derisive nickname given to him by the Cleveland media due to his size and use of his initials
• "Cool Papa" = James Bell, U.S. baseball player^[11]
• "Country" = Enos Slaughter, U.S. baseball player
• "Crime Dog" = Fred McGriff, U.S. baseball player
• "Cy" = Denton Young, U.S. baseball player
• "Cyclone" – = Denton Young, U.S. baseball player
• "The D-Train" = Dontrelle Willis, U.S. baseball player
• "Daffy" = Paul Dean, U.S. baseball player
• "Dazzy" = Clarence Vance, U.S. baseball player
• "Deacon" = Charles Phillippe, U.S. baseball player
• "Deacon" = James White, U.S. baseball player
• "Dewey" = Dwight Evans, U.S. baseball player
• "Dice K" = Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
• "Dixie" = Fred E. Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "Dizzy" = Jay Dean, U.S. baseball player^[12]
• "Doc" = Roger Cramer, U.S. baseball player
• "Doc" = Dwight Gooden, U.S. baseball player
• "Doc" = Harry Halladay, U.S. baseball player
• "Dr. K" = Dwight Gooden, U.S. baseball player
• "Donie" = Owen Bush, U.S. baseball player
• "The Donkey" = Adam Dunn, U.S. baseball player
• "Donnie Baseball" = Don Mattingly, U.S. baseball player
• "The Donora Greyhound" = Stan Musial, U.S. baseball player
• "Double X" = Jimmie Foxx, U.S. baseball player
• "Dragon Slayer" = Josh Fogg, U.S. baseball player
• "Ducky" = Joe Medwick, U.S. baseball player
• "Duke" = Edwin Snider, U.S. baseball player^[13]
• "El Duque" = Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
• "Dusty" = Johnnie Baker Jr, U.S. baseball player and manager
• "Dusty" = James L. Rhodes, U.S. baseball player
• "E-Rod" = Alex Rodriguez, U.S. baseball player [14] [15] (used by haters)
• "El Sid" = Sid Fernandez, U.S. baseball player
• "Everyday Eddie" = Eddie Guardado, U.S. baseball player
• "Flash" = Joe Gordon, U.S. baseball player
• "Flash" = Tom Gordon, U.S. baseball player
• "Fleet" = Moses Walker, U.S. Negro League baseball player
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Honus Wagner, U.S. baseball player
• "The Fordham Flash" = Frankie Frisch, U.S. baseball player
• "Foxy" = Arthur Irwin, Canadian baseball player
• "Fran-Rad" = Francisco Rodriguez, U.S. baseball player
• "Fred-Ex" = Freddy Sanchez, U.S. baseball player
• "The Gambler" = Kenny Rogers, U.S. baseball player
• "Gator" = Ron Guidry, U.S. baseball player
• "Gee" = Gerald Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "The Georgia Peach" = Ty Cobb, U.S. baseball player
• "Generation K" = three pitching prospects in the New York Mets organization, Paul Wilson, Bill Pulsipher, and Jason Isringhausen
• "Germany" = Herman A. Schaefer, U.S. baseball player
• "Godzilla" = Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
• "Gonzo" = Luis Gonzalez, U.S. baseball player
• "Goose" = Leon Goslin, U.S. baseball player^[14]
• "Goose" = Rich Gossage U.S. baseball player^[15]
• "Gorgeous George" = George Sisler, U.S. baseball player
• "Le Grand Orange" (French, "Big Red") = Daniel Staub, American baseball player (for his red hair)
• "The Grey Eagle" = Tris Speaker, U.S. baseball player
• "El Guapo" (Spanish, "The Handsome One") = Rich Garces, Venezuelan baseball player
• "H-Rod" = Henry Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• "The Hammer" = Josh Willingham, U.S. baseball player
• "Hammerin' Hank" = Hank Aaron, U.S. baseball player^[16]
• "Hammerin' Hank" = Hank Greenberg, U.S. baseball player
• "Han-Ram" = Hanley Ramirez, Dominican baseball player
• "Hap" or "Happy" – = Oscar Felsch, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hat" = Harry Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hawk" = Andre Dawson, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hawk" = Ken Harrelson, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hebrew Hammer" = Ryan Braun, U.S. baseball player
• "Hendu" = Dave Henderson, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hit Dog" = Mo Vaughn, U.S. baseball player
• "HoJo" = Howard Johnson, U.S. baseball player
• "Hondo" = Don Hahn, U.S. baseball player
• "The Holland Hammer" = Rick VandenHurk, Dutch baseball player
• "Hondo" = Frank Howard, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hoosier Thunderbolt" = Amos Rusie, U.S. baseball player
• "The Hopper" = Burke Badenhop, U.S. baseball player
• "Hotshot" = Joseph Mayo, U.S. baseball player
• "The Human Rain Delay" = Mike Hargrove, U.S. baseball player^[17]
• "Hurricane" = Herb Washington, U.S. baseball player
• "The Incredible Hurk" = Rick VandenHurk, Dutch baseball player
• "Irish" = Emil Meusel, U.S. baseball player
• "The Iron Horse" = Lou Gehrig, U.S. baseball player^[18]
• "The Iron Man" = Cal Ripken, Jr., U.S. baseball player
• "J-Roll" = Jimmy Rollins, U.S. baseball player
• "Jake" = Mike Jacobs, U.S. baseball player
• "Joltin’ Joe" = Joe DiMaggio, U.S. baseball player
• "Junior" = Jim Gilliam, U.S. baseball player
• "Junior" = Ken Griffey, Jr., U.S. baseball player
• "K-Rod" = Francisco Rodriguez, U.S. baseball player
• "Kelly" = Tommy Holmes, U.S. baseball player
• "The Kid" = Ken Griffey Jr, U.S. baseball player
• "Kiki" = Hazen Shirley Cuyler, U.S. baseball player
• "The Kid" = Ted Williams, U.S. baseball player
• "King" = Mike Kelly, U.S. baseball player^[19]
• "King Felix" = Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
• "Kitty" = Jim Kaat, U.S. baseball player
• "Lefty" – = Vernon Gómez, U.S. baseball player^[20]
• "Lefty" – = Robert Grove, U.S. baseball player^[21]
• "Lefty" – = Francis O'Doul, U.S. baseball player
• "Lefty" – = Claude Williams, U.S. baseball player
• "Lights Out" = Brad Lidge, U.S. baseball player
• "The Lip" = Leo Durocher, U.S. baseball player
• "Little Poison = Lloyd Waner, U.S. baseball player
• "Long Bob" = Robert Meusel, U.S. baseball player^[22]
• "Losing Pitcher" = Hugh Mulcahy, U.S. baseball player
• "Louisiana Lightning" = Ron Guidry, U.S. baseball player^[23]
• "M&M Boys" = teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, U.S. baseball players
• "Mad Dog" = Greg Maddux, U.S. baseball player
• "The Mad Hungarian" = Al Hrabosky, U.S. baseball player
• "The Mahatma" = Branch Rickey, U.S. baseball executive
• "Marvelous Marv" = Marv Throneberry, U.S. baseball player
• "The Mayor" = Sean Casey, U.S. baseball player
• "Mickey" = Gordon Cochrane, American baseball catcher and manager
• "Mickey" = John Rivers, U.S. baseball player
• "Minnie" = Saturnino Miñoso Arrieta, Cuban baseball player
• "Mr. Cub" = Ernie Banks, U.S. baseball player
• "Mr. March" = Alex Rodriguez, U.S. baseball player
• "Mr. May" = Dave Winfield, U.S. baseball player (derogatory)
• "Mr. October" = Reggie Jackson, U.S. baseball player^[24]
• "Mr. November" = Derek Jeter, U.S. baseball player
• "Mo" = Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
• "Mookie" = William H. Wilson, U.S. baseball player
• "Moose" = Mike Mussina, U.S. baseball player
• "Mudcat" = Jim Grant, U.S. baseball player
• "Muggsy" = Gary Allenson, U.S. baseball player
• "Nails" = Lenny Dykstra, U.S. baseball player
• "Nancy Drew" = J.D. Drew, U.S. baseball player
• "Nasty Boys" = Nickname given to 3 members of the 1990 Cincinnati Reds' bullpen, Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble and Randy Myers
• "Neon" = Deion Sanders, U.S. American football and baseball player
• "Oh Henry!" = Henry Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• "Oil Can" = Dennis Boyd, U.S. baseball player
• "Ol' Pete" = Grover Alexander, U.S. baseball player
• "Old Aches and Pains" = Luke Appling, U.S. baseball player
• "One Dog" = Lance Johnson, U.S. baseball player
• "Pants" – = Clarence Rowland, U.S. baseball player
• "Pat the Bat" = Pat Burrell, American baseball player
• "Peanuts" = Marie Johnson, American Negro League baseball player^[25]
• "Pee Wee" =
  • Harold Reese, American baseball player^[26]
  • Paul Wanninger, American baseball player
• "The Peerless Leader" = Frank Chance, U.S. baseball player
• "The People's Cherce" = Dixie Walker, U.S. baseball player
• "Pepper" = Johnny Martin, American baseball player
• "Piper" = Lorenzo Davis, U.S. Negro League baseball player
• "Poosh 'em up" = Tony Lazzeri, U.S. baseball player
• "Pop" = John Hebry Lloyd, U.S. baseball player^[27]
• "Pops" = Willie Stargell, U.S. baseball player^[28]
• "Popeye" = Don Zimmer, U.S. baseball player and manager
• "Preacher" = Elwin Roe, U.S. baseball player
• "El Presidente" = Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player
• "Pronk" = Travis Hafner, U.S. baseball player
• "Psycho" = Steve Lyons, U.S. baseball player
• "Puddin' Head" = Willie Jones, U.S. baseball player
• "Pudge" = Carlton Fisk, U.S. baseball player
• "Pudge" = Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• "Pumpsie" = Elijah Green, U.S. baseball player
• "Rabbit" = Walter Maranville, U.S. baseball player^[29]
• "Rajah" = Rogers Hornsby, U.S. baseball player
• "The Reading Rifle" = Carl Furillo, U.S. baseball player^[30]
• "Red" – = Urban Clarence Faber, U.S. baseball player^[31]
• "Red" – = John Murray, U.S. baseball player
• "Red" – = Charles Ruffing, U.S. baseball player
• "Red" – = Albert Schoendienst, U.S. baseball player^[32]
• "Red Baron" = Rick Sutcliffe, U.S. baseball player
• "Red Light Curt" = Curt Schilling, U.S. baseball player
• "Ripper" = James Collins, U.S. baseball player
• "The Rocket" – = Roger Clemens, U.S. baseball player
• "Roids Master" = Barry Bonds, United States baseball Player
• "Rusty" = Daniel Staub, American baseball player
• "Ryan Express" = Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
• "Sandman" = Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
• "Sandy" = Sanford Koufax, U.S. baseball player
• "Satchel" = LeRoy Paige, U.S. baseball player^[33]
• "The Say Hey Kid" = Willie Mays, U.S. baseball player^[34]
• "Schnozz" = Ernie Lombardi, U.S. baseball player
• "Schoolboy" = Lynwood Rowe, U.S. baseball player
• "Scooter" = Phil Rizzuto, U.S. baseball player
• "Scrap Iron" = Phil Garner, U.S. baseball player
• "Seattle Bill" = Bill James, U.S. baseball player
• "The Secretary of Defense" = Garry Maddox, U.S. baseball player
• "Señor October" = David Ortiz, Dominican Republican baseball player
• "Señor Papi" = David Ortiz, Dominican Republican baseball player
• "Señor Smoke" = Aurelio Lopez, Mexican baseball player
• "The Shark" = Jeff Samardzija, [[United States|U.S.] football and baseball player
• "Shoeless" = Joe Jackson, U.S. baseball player
• "Shoeless Joe" = Joe Jackson, U.S. baseball player
• "Shotgun" = George Shuba, U.S. baseball player
• "Shrek" = Kevin Mench, U.S. baseball player
• "The Silver Fox" = Edwin Snider, U.S. baseball player
• "Skeeter" = James Webb, U.S. baseball player^[35]
• "Skoonj" = Carl Furillo, U.S. baseball player^[36]
• "Slammin' Sammy" = Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball player
• "Smoke" = Dave Stewart, U.S. baseball player
• "Smoky" = Forrest Harrill Burgess, U.S. baseball player^[37]
• "Sockeye" = Tim Salmon, U.S. baseball player
• "Socks" = Ralph Seybold, U.S. baseball player^[38]
• "The Spaceman" = Bill Lee, U.S. baseball player^[39]
• "Sparkplug" = Johnny Damon, U.S. baseball player
• "Sparky" = George Anderson, American baseball player and manager^[40]
• "The Splendid Splinter" = Ted Williams, U.S. baseball player^[41]
• "The Springfield Rifle" = Vic Raschi, U.S. baseball player^[42]
• "Spuds" = Chris Sabo, U.S. baseball player
• "Stan the Man" = Stan Musial, U.S. baseball player
• "Steady Eddie" = Joseph Mayo, U.S. baseball player
• "Stretch" = Willie McCovey, U.S. baseball player
• "Stuffy" = John McInniss, U.S. baseball player
• "The Sultan of Swat" = George Ruth, U.S. baseball player
• "Superjew" = Mike Epstein, U.S. baseball player
• "Superman" = Kevin Gregg, U.S. baseball player
• "Swede" – = Charles Risberg, U.S. baseball player
• "Sweet Lou" = Lou Pinella, U.S. baseball player and manager
• "Sweet Lou" = Lou Whitaker, U.S. baseball player
• "Sweet Music" = Frank Viola, U.S. baseball player
• "Tank" = Taylor Tankersley, U.S. baseball player
• "Teddy Ballgame" = Ted Williams, U.S. baseball player
• "Three Finger" = Mordecai Brown, U.S. baseball player^[43]
• "The Thrill" = Will Clark, U.S. baseball player
• "Thunder Matt" = Matt Murton, U.S. baseball player
• "Tip" = James O'Neill, Canadian baseball player
• "Tom Terrific" = Tom Seaver, U.S. baseball player^[44]
• "El Toro" (Spanish, "The Bull") = Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player
• "Trader Jack" = Jack McKeon, U.S. baseball manager
• "Trot" = Christopher Nixon, U.S. baseball player
• "Turk" – = Steven Wendell, U.S. baseball player
• "Turkey" – = Norman Thomas Stearnes, U.S. baseball player^[45]
• "Ty" = Biron LaForest, Canadian baseball player
• "Wahoo Sam" = Sam Crawford, U.S. baseball player^[46]
• "Whitey" = Edward Ford, American baseball player^[47]
• "Whitey" = Dorrel Herzog, American baseball manager
• "The Wild Horse of the Osage" = Pepper Martin, U.S. baseball player^[48]
• "Wildfire" = Frank Schulte, U.S. baseball player^[49]
• "The Wizard of Oz" = Ozzie Smith, U.S. baseball player^[50]
• "Woody" = DeWitt Smallwood, U.S. Negro League baseball player
• "The Yankee Clipper" = Joe DiMaggio, U.S. baseball player^[51]
• "Yaz" = Carl Yastrzemski, U.S. baseball player^[52]
• "Yogi" = Lawrence Berra, United States baseball player^[53]
• "Youk" = Kevin Youkilis, United States baseball player
• "Z" = Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

[edit] Basketball

See also: List of basketball nicknames

• "3D" -
  • Dennis Scott, U.S. basketball player
  • Boris Diaw, French basketball player
• "Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, U.S. basketball player^[54]
• "Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, U.S. basketball player^[55]
• "The Admiral" = David Robinson, U.S. basketball player^[56]
• "Agent Zero" = Gilbert Arenas, U.S. basketball player
• "A.I." = Allen Iverson, U.S. basketball player^[57]
• "Air France" = Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
• "Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, U.S. basketball player
• "AK-47" = Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
• "The Alaskan Assassin" = Trajan Langdon, U.S. basketball player
• "The American Dream" = Latrell Sprewell, U.S. basketball player
• "The Answer" = Allen Iverson, U.S. basketball player^[58]
• "Apollo 33" = Jamario Moon,U.S. basketball player
• "The A-Train" = Artis Gilmore, U.S. basketball player^[59]
• "Baby Barkley" = Clarence Weatherspoon, U.S. basketball player
• "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Isiah Thomas U.S. basketball player
• "Baby Jordan" = Harold Miner 2 Time NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion
• "Baby Shaq" = Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek basketball player
• "Backwards B" = Barrett Johnson, U.S. basketball player
• "Baddest Bad Boy of them all" = Rick Mahorn, U.S. basketball player
• "The Baron of The Bluegrass" = Adolph Rupp, U.S. basketball coach
• "Basketball Jesus" = Larry Bird, U.S. basketball player
• "Batman" = Tony Battie, U.S. basketball player
• "B-Diddy" = Baron Davis, U.S. basketball player
• "The Beast Of The East" = Patrick Ewing, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Al" = Al Jefferson, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Aristotle" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player^[60]
• "Big Baby" = Glen Davis, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Ben" = Ben Wallace, U.S. basketball player^[61]
• "Big Cactus" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Cat" – = Leon Lett, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Country" = Bryant Reeves, U.S. basketball player^[62]
• "The Big Dipper" = Wilt Chamberlain, U.S. basketball player^[63]
• "Big Dog" = Glenn Robinson, U.S. basketball player^[64]
• "The Big E" = Elvin Hayes, U.S. basketball player^[65]
• "Big Game James" = James Worthy, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Nasty" = Corliss Williamson, U.S. basketball player^[66]
• "Big O" = Oscar Robertson, U.S. basketball player^[67]
• "Big Red" = Dave Cowens, U.S. basketball player^[68]
• "Big Shot Bob" = Robert Horry, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Shot Rob" = Robert Horry, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Smooth" = Sam Perkins, U.S. basketball player
• "Big Sofo" = Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek basketball player
• "The Big Ticket" = Kevin Garnett, U.S. basketball player^[69]
• "Big Z" = Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• "Bimbo" = Vernell Coles, U.S. basketball player^[70]
• "Bird" = George Yardley, U.S. basketball player^[71]
• "The Birdman" – = Chris Andersen, U.S. basketball player
• "The Black Hole" = Kevin McHale, U.S. basketball player
• "The Black Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, U.S. basketball player
• "Blue" = Theo Edwards, U.S. basketball player^[72]
• "Bo" = Charles Outlaw, U.S. basketball player^[73]
• "Boobie" = Daniel Gibson, U.S. basketball player
• "The Boston Strangler" = Andrew Toney, U.S. basketball player
• "Breezy" = Lebron James, United States basketball player
• "The Brazilian Blur" = Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
• "Bubba Chuck" = Allen Iverson, U.S. basketball player
• "Buck" = Charles Williams, U.S. basketball player^[74]
• "Buddha" = James Edwards, U.S. basketball player^[75]
• "Buddy" = Harry Jeannette, U.S. basketball player^[76]
• "Bug" = Tim Hardaway, U.S. basketball player
• "Butterbean" = Bob Love, U.S. basketball player^[77]
• "Cadillac" = Greg Anderson, U.S. basketball player^[78]
• "Campy" = Michael Russell, U.S. basketball player
• "The Captain" = Willis Reed, New York Knicks basketball player
• "Capitan Canada" = Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
• "Captain Clutch" = Acie Law IV, U.S. basketball player
• "Cat" = Cuttino Mobley, U.S. basketball player^[79]
• "CB4" = Chris Bosh, U.S basketball player
• "Chick" – = Francis Hearn, U.S. basketball announcer (LA Lakers)
• "Chief" = Robert Parish, U.S. basketball player^[80]
• "Chocolate Thunder" = Darryl Dawkins, U.S. basketball player^[81]
• "The Chuckster" = Charles Barkley, U.S. basketball player^[82]
• "Chucky" = Clarence Brown, U.S. basketball player
• "Clyde" = Walt Frazier, U.S. basketball player^[83]
• "Clyde The Glide" = Clyde Drexler, U.S. basketball player^[84]
• "Coach K" = Mike Krzyzewski, U.S. basketball coach
• "Connie" = Cornelius Hawkins, U.S. basketball player
• "Coop" = Michael Cooper, U.S. basketball player
• "Cornbread" = Cedric Maxwell, U.S. basketball player^[85]
• "Cotton" = Lowell Fitzsimmons, U.S. basketball coach
• "The Croatian Sensation" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• "Curly" = Fred Neal, U.S. basketball player
• "C-Webb" = Chris Webber, U.S. basketball player
• "D-Fish" = Derek Fisher, U.S. basketball player
• "DJ" = Dennis Johnson, U.S. basketball player^[86]
• "DJ" = Didier Ilunga Mbenga, Congolese basketball player
• "D Square" = Dale Davis, U.S. basketball player^[87]
• "D-Wade" = Dwyane Wade, U.S. basketball player
• "D-Will" = Deron Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Da Kid" = Kevin Garnett, U.S. basketball player
• "Le Dac" = Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
• "The Dagger" = Kobe Bryant, U.S. basketball player
• "Dee" = DeCovan Kadell Brown, U.S. basketball player^[88]
• "Dice Man" = Antonio McDyess, U.S. basketball player
• "Diesel" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player^[89]
• "Digger" = Richard Phelps, U.S. basketball coach
• "Doc" = L. J. Cooke, U.S. basketball coach
• "Doc" = Glenn Rivers, U.S. basketball player^[90]
• "Dr. Dunkenstein" = Darrell Griffith, U.S. basketball player^[91]
• "Dr. J" = Julius Erving, U.S. basketball player^[92]
• "Dr. Rounds" = Dan Roundfield, U.S. basketball player^[93]
• "Dollar Bill" = Bill Bradley, U.S. basketball player^[94]
• "Doug E. Fresh" = Gerald Wilkins, U.S. basketball player^[95]
• "Downtown" = Fred Brown, U.S. basketball player
• "The Dream" = Hakeem Olajuwon, U.S. basketball player^[96]
• "Dugie" = Slater Martin, U.S. basketball player^[97]
• "The Dunking Dutchman" = Rik Smits, Dutch basketball player
• "Earl The Pearl" = Earl Monroe, U.S. basketball player^[98]
• "Easy Ed" = Elden Campbell, U.S. basketball player
• "The Edge" = Edward Stone, U.S. basketball player
• "El Toro" (Spanish, "The Bull") = Doro Plakadopoulos, Greek basketball player
• "Employee Number 8" = Antoine Walker, U.S. basketball player^[99]
• "Fast Eddie" = Edward Johnson, Jr., U.S. basketball player^[100]
• "Fat" = Lafayette Lever, U.S. basketball player^[101]
• "The Flash" = Dwyane Wade, U.S. basketball player
• "Franchise" = Steve Francis, U.S. basketball player
• "Geese" = Hubert Ausbie, U.S. Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
• "The General" – = Horace Grant, U.S. basketball player
• "The General" – = Bob Knight, U.S. basketball coach
• "Gentleman Joe" = Joe Dumars, U.S. basketball player
• "Ghiza" = Gheorghe Muresan, Romanian basketball player
• "The Glove" = Gary Payton, U.S. basketball player^[102]
• "The Goat" = Earle Manigault, U.S. basketball player^[103]
• "The Goods" = Lamar Odom, U.S. basketball player
• "Googs" = Tom Gugliotta, U.S. basketball player^[104]
• "Goose" = Reece Tatum, U.S. basketball player
• "G.P." = Gary Payton, U.S. basketball player
• "Grandma-ma" = Larry Johnson, U.S. basketball player^[105]
• "Grand Teuton" = Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player
• "Greyhound" = Walter Davis, U.S. basketball player^[106]
• "Half Man, Half Amazing" = Vince Carter, U.S. basketball player
• "Hammerin' Hank" = Henry J. Nowak, U.S. basketball player
• "Hap" or "Happy" – = Harold Hairston, U.S. basketball player^[107]
• "The Hawk" = Connie Hawkins, U.S. basketball player^[108]
• "Hedo" or "Hido" = Hidayet Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
• "Hibachi" = Gilbert Arenas, U.S. basketball player
• "The Hick From French Lick" = Larry Bird, U.S. basketball player
• "The High Ayatolla of Slamola" = Larry Nance, U.S. basketball player^[109]
• "His Heinous" = Bill Laimbeer, U.S. basketball player^[110]
• "Hondo" = John Havlicek, U.S. basketball player^[111]
• "Hooch" = Brad Daugherty, U.S. basketball player
• "Horse" = Dan Issel, U.S. basketball player^[112]
• "Horse" = Malik Rose, U.S. basketball player
• "Horse" = Harry Gallatin, U.S. basketball player
• "Hot Plate" = John Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Hot Rod" – = Rodney Hundley, U.S. basketball player^[113]
• "Hot Rod" – = John Williams, U.S. basketball player^[114]
• "The Houdini Of The Hardwood" = Bob Cousy, U.S. basketball player^[115]
• "The Hoya Destroya" = Patrick Ewing, U.S. basketball player^[116]
• "The Human Highlight Reel" = Dominique Wilkins, U.S. basketball player^[117]
• "Iceman" = George Gervin, U.S. basketball player^[118]
• "Iggy" = Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
• "J-Chill" = Josh Childress, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Ho" = Josh Howard, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Kidd" = Jason Kidd, U.S. basketball player
• "J.R." = Herman Reid, Jr., U.S. basketball player
• "J.R." = Isaiah Rider, U.S. basketball player
• "J.R." = Earl Smith III, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Rich" = Jason Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Smoove" = Josh Smith, U.S. basketball player
• "J-Will" = Jason Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Jellybean" = Joe Bryant, U.S. basketball player and WNBA coach^[119]
• "Jesus Shuttlesworth" = Ray Allen, U.S. basketball player
• "The Jet" = Kenny Smith, U.S. basketball player and analyst
• "The Jet" = Jason Terry, U.S. basketball player
• "The Jet" = Chet Walker, U.S. basketball player
• "Joe Barely Cares" = Joe Barry Carroll, U.S. basketball player
• "Junior" = Ulysses Bridgeman, U.S. basketball player^[120]
• "The Junk Yard Dog" = Jerome Williams, U.S. basketball player^[121]
• "K.G." = Kevin Garnett, U.S. basketball player
• "K-Mart" = Kenyon Martin, U.S. basketball player
• "Kandi Man" = Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player^[122]
• "Kangaroo Kid" = Billy Cunningham, U.S. basketball player^[123]
• "King James" = LeBron James, U.S. basketball player
• "The Landlord" = Latrell Sprewell, U.S. basketball player
• "Larry Legend" = Larry Bird, U.S. basketball player
• "LBJ" = Lebron James, U.S. basketball player
• "Li'l Abner" = Cliff Hagan, U.S. basketball player^[124]
• "The Little General" = Avery Johnson, U.S. basketball player and coach
• "The L-Train" = Lebron James, U.S. basketball player
• "The Machine" = Sasha Vujacic, Slovenian basketball player
• "Mad Max" = Vernon Maxwell, U.S. basketball player^[125]
• "Magic" – = Earvin Johnson, U.S. basketball player ^[126]
• "Il Mago" = Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
• "The Mailman" = Karl Malone, U.S. basketball player^[127]
• "Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, U.S. basketball player
• "The Man in the Brown Suit" = Adolph Rupp, U.S. basketball coach
• "Manu" = Emanuel Ginobili, Argentine basketball player
• "Mão Santa" (Portuguese for "Holy Hand") = Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
• "The Matrix" = Shawn Marion, U.S. basketball player
• "The Mayor" = Fred Hoiberg, U.S. basketball player
• "Meadowlark" = George Lemon, U.S. Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
• "The Mechanical Man" = Charlie Gehringer, U.S. basketball player
• "The Meeks" = Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall, and Tamika Catchings when all three were basketball teammates at the University of Tennessee
• "Melo" = Carmelo Anthony, U.S. basketball player
• "Microwave" = Vinnie Johnson, U.S. basketball player^[128]
• "Mighty Mouse" = Damon Stoudamire, U.S. basketball player^[129]
• "Mr. Big Shot" = Chauncey Billups, U.S. basketball player
• "Mr. Bill" = Bill Cartwright, U.S. basketball player^[130]
• "Mr. Clutch" – = Jerry West, U.S. basketball player^[131]
• "Mr. Everything" = Craig Ehlo, U.S. basketball player^[132]
• "Mr. Mean" = Larry Smith, U.S. basketball player^[133]
• "Mr. Moves" = Michael Russell, U.S. basketball player^[134]
• "Mo" = Maurice Cheeks, U.S. basketball player and coach
• "Mo Pete" = Morris Peterson, U.S. basketball player
• "Mo Wil" = Mo Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Monster Mash" = Jamal Mashburn, U.S. basketball player
• "Moochie" = Martyn Norris, U.S. basketball player^[135]
• "Mookie" = Daron Blaylock, U.S. basketball player^[136]
• "Mo-Pete" = Morris Peterson, U.S. basketball player
• "Muggsy" = Tyrone Bogues, U.S. basketball player^[137]
• "Nate The Great" = Nate Thurmond, U.S. basketball player^[138]
• "Nenê" = Maybyner Hilario, Brazilian basketball player (like many Brazilian sports stars, they use their nicknames or are referred by one name only; now his legal name)
• "Never Nervous" = Pervis Ellison, U.S. basketball player^[139]
• "Nick The Quick" = Nick Van Exel, U.S. basketball player^[140]
• "Obi One Ginobili" = Manu Ginobili, Argentinian basketball player
• "The Original Bull" = Jerry Sloan, U.S. basketball player
• "The Owl Without a Vowel" = Bill Mlkvy, U.S. basketball player^[141]
• "Peja" = Predrag Stojaković, Serbian basketball player^[142]
• "Penny" = Anfernee Hardaway, U.S. basketball player^[143]
• "Perk" = Kendrick Perkins, U.S. basketball player
• "Pig" = Oliver Miller, U.S. basketball player
• "The Pink Panther" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• "Pistol Pete" – = Pete Maravich, U.S. basketball player^[144]
• "Pitchin' Paul" = Paul Arizin, U.S. basketball player^[145]
• "The Pocket Rocket" – = Calvin Murphy, U.S. basketball player
• "Pooh" = Jerome Richardson, U.S. basketball player^[146]
• "Popeye" = Ronald Jones, U.S. basketball player^[147]
• "Porky" = George Andrews, Canadian basketball player
• "Prince Charles" = Charles Barkley, U.S. basketball player
• "Prince of Mid-Air" = Lloyd Free, U.S. basketball player
• "Psycho T" = Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
• "Q" = Quentin Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "Q-Rich" = Quentin Richardson, U.S. basketball player
• "R-Jeff" = Richard Jefferson, U.S. basketball player
• "Rad-Man" = Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player
• "The Rain Man" = Shawn Kemp, U.S. basketball player^[148]
• "Rambo" = Kurt Rambis, U.S. basketball player
• "Red" – = Arnold Auerbach, U.S. basketball coach
• "Red" – = William Holzman, U.S. basketball coach
• "Red" – = Johnny Kerr, U.S. basketball player^[149]
• "Red" – = Ephraim J. Rocha, U.S. basketball player^[150]
• "Ricky Buckets" = Ricky Davis, U.S. basketball player
• "Rifleman" = Chuck Person, U.S. basketball player^[151]
• "Rip" = Richard Hamilton, U.S. basketball player^[152]
• "Rooney" = Šarunas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player^[153]
• "The Round Mound of Rebound" = Charles Barkley, U.S. basketball player
• "Saba" or "Sabas" = Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• "Sam" = Justin Barry, American basketball player
• "Sam I Am" = Sam Cassell, U.S. basketball player
• "Saras" or "Sharas" = Šarunas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• "Scooter" = Richard Barry, U.S. basketball player
• "Shaq" = Shaquille O'Neal, U.S. basketball player^[154]
• "Sheed" = Rasheed Wallace, U.S. basketball player^[155]
• "Silk" = Jamaal Wilkes, U.S. basketball player^[156]
• "Sir Charles" = Charles Barkley, U.S. basketball player^[157]
• "Skip To My Lou" = Rafer Alston, U.S. basketball player
• "Skywalker" = Avelino Lim, Philippines basketball player
• "Skywalker" = David Thompson, U.S. basketball player
• "Skywalker" = Kenny Walker, U.S. basketball player
• "Sleepy" = Eric Floyd, U.S. basketball player^[158]
• "Smooth" = Chauncey Billups, U.S. basketball player
• "Smush" = William Parker, U.S. basketball player^[159]
• "Spanish Chocolate" = Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
• "The Spanish Fly" = Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• "The Spanish Inquisition" = Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• "Speedy" = Craig Claxton, U.S. basketball player^[160]
• "Spider" = John Salley, U.S. basketball player^[161]
• "Spider" = Jerry Sloan, U.S. basketball player^[162]
• "Spud" = Anthony Webb, U.S. basketball player^[163]
• "The Squid" = Sidney Moncrief, U.S. basketball player^[164]
• "The Stache" = Adam Morrison, U.S. basketball player
• "Starbury" = Stephon Marbury, U.S. basketball player^[165]
• "Stat" = Amare Stoudemire, U.S. basketball player
• "Stormin' Norman" = Norm Van Lier, U.S. basketball player^[166]
• "Stumpy" = Gail Goodrich, U.S. basketball player^[167]
• "Sweetwater" = Nathaniel Clifton, U.S. basketball player^[168]
• "T-Mac" = Tracy McGrady, U.S. basketball player^[169]
• "T-Mac Canada" = Todd MacCulloch, Canadian basketball player
• "Thunder Dan" = Dan Majerle, U.S. basketball player^[170]
• "Tiny" – = Nate Archibald, U.S. basketball player^[171]
• "T.P." = Tony Parker, French basketball player
• "Tractor" = Robert Traylor, U.S. basketball player^[172]
• "Tree" = Wayne Rollins, U.S. basketball player^[173]
• "The Truth" = Paul Pierce, U.S. basketball player
• "Uncle Cliffy" = Clifford Robinson, U.S. basketball player
• "VC" = Vince Carter, American basketball player
• "Vinsanity" = Vince Carter, U.S. basketball player
• "The Waiter" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player^[174]
• "White Chocolate" = Jason Williams, U.S. basketball player
• "Wilt the Stilt" = Wilt Chamberlain, U.S. basketball player^[175]
• "The Wizard(s)" = Gus Williams, U.S. basketball player^[176]
• "The Wizard(s)" = Walt Williams, U.S. basketball player^[177]
• "The Wizard of Westwood" = John Wooden, U.S. basketball coach (specific to his coaching career at UCLA)
• "World" = Lloyd Free U.S. basketball player (once was his legal first name; has since reverted)
• "The Worm" = Dennis Rodman, U.S. basketball player^[178]
• "The Wunderkind" = Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
• "The X-Man" = Xavier McDaniel, U.S. basketball player^[179]
• "Zeke" = Isiah Thomas, U.S. basketball player^[180]
• "Zeke from Cabin Creek" = Jerry West, U.S. basketball player^[181]
• "The Zen Master" = Phil Jackson, U.S. basketball coach
• "Zo" = Alonzo Mourning, U.S. basketball player

[edit] Boxing

• "A-Force" = Audley Harrison, English boxer
• "A-Pack" = Audley Harrison, English boxer
• "Audinary" = Audley Harrison, English boxer (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "Audrey" = Audley Harrison, English boxer
• "The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexican boxer
• "Bad Intentions" = Jermain Taylor, U.S. boxer
• "The Bayonne Bleeder" = Chuck Wepner, U.S. boxer
• "Bazooka" -
  • Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer
  • Rafael Limon, Mexican boxer
  • Ike Quartey, Ghanian boxer
• "The Beast Of The East" = Nicolai Valuev, Russian boxer
• "Big Cat" – = Cleveland Williams, U.S. boxer
• "Big George" = George Foreman, U.S. boxer
• "The Bionic Man" = Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
• "The Body-Snatcher" = Mike McCallum, U.S. boxer
• "The Boilermaker" = James J. Jeffries, U.S. boxer
• "Le bombardier marocain" (French for "The Moroccan Bomber") = Marcel Cerdan, French boxer
• "Bomber" = Herol Graham, British boxer
• "Bonecrusher" = James Smith, U.S. boxer
• "Boogaloo" = Bobby Watts, U.S. boxer
• "Boom Boom" = Ray Mancini, U.S. boxer
• "Boston Bonecrusher" = Sam Langford, U.S. boxer
• "The Boston Strong Boy" = John L. Sullivan, U.S. boxer
• "Boston Tar Baby" = Sam Langford, Canadian boxer
• "Boston Terror" = Sam Langford, U.S. boxer
• "British Bulldog" = Brian London, British boxer
• "The Brockton Blockbuster" = Rocky Marciano, U.S. boxer
• "The Bronx Bomber" = Alex Ramos, U.S. boxer
• "The Bronx Bull" = Jake LaMotta, U.S. boxer
• "The Brown Bomber" = Joe Louis, U.S. boxer
• "Bubba" = James Busceme, U.S. boxer
• "Buddy" = James McGirt, U.S. retired boxer and current boxing trainer
• "Bulldog of Burgoyne" = James W. Braddock, U.S. boxer
• "Buster" = James Douglas, U.S. boxer
• "Butterbean" = Eric Esch, U.S. boxer
• "Chico" = Diego Corrales, U.S. boxer
• "Cinderella Man" = James W. Braddock, U.S. boxer
• "Corn" = John Griffin, U.S. boxer player
• "Dr. Iron Fist" = Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• "Dynamite" = Michael Dokes, U.S. boxer
• "The Executioner" = Bernard Hopkins, U.S. boxer
• "El Ferroz" (Spanish for "Ferocious") = Fernando Vargas, U.S. boxer
• "The Fighting Cowboy" = James Tillis, U.S. boxer
• "Fireman Jim" = James Flynn, U.S. boxer
• "Fraudley" = Audley Harrison, English boxer^[182][183] (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "Gentleman" = Gerry Cooney, U.S. boxer
• "Gentleman Jim" = James J. Corbett, U.S. boxer
• "The Godfather" = Michael Gibbons, U.S. boxer
• "The Golden Boy" = Billy Walker, English boxer
• "The Golden Boy" = Oscar de la Hoya, U.S. boxer
• "The Great White Hope" = James J. Jeffries, U.S. boxer
• "The Greatest" = Muhammad Ali, U.S. boxer
• "Guts" = Ishimatsu Suzuki, Japanese boxer
• "Hammer" = Juan Roldan, Argentine boxer
• "The Hawk" = Aaron Pryor, U.S. boxer
• "Hercules" = Mike Weaver, U.S. boxer
• "The Hit Man" -
  • Ricky Hatton, English boxer
  • Thomas Hearns, U.S. boxer
• "Hurricane" = Rubin Carter, U.S. boxer
• "Iron Mike" = Mike Tyson, U.S. boxer
• "The Italian Dragon" = Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
• "The Italian Giant" = Primo Carnera, Italian boxer
• "Jersey Joe" = Joe Walcott, U.S. boxer
• "Jinx" = Michael Spinks, U.S. boxer
• "Junior" = Roy Jones Jr., U.S. boxer
• "Kid Thunder" = Shane Sutcliffe, Canadian boxer
• "Left Hook" = Jeff Lacy, U.S. boxer
• "Lights Out" = James Toney, U.S. boxer
• "The Little Big Man" = Sharmba Mitchell, U.S. boxer
• "Little Chocolate" = George Dixon, Canadian boxer^[184]
• "Little Hands of Stone" = Michael Carbajal, U.S. boxer
• "The Living Death" = Lew Jenkins, U.S. boxer
• "Locomotora" (Spanish for "Locomotive") = Jorge Castro, Argentine boxer
• "The Lone Star Cobra" = Donald Curry, U.S. boxer
• "The Louisville Lip" = Muhammad Ali, U.S. boxer
• "Macho" = Héctor Camacho, U.S. boxer
• "Mad Dog" = Gene Hatcher, U.S. boxer
• "Magic Man" = Paul Malignaggi U.S. boxer
• "Magic Man" = Antonio Tarver U.S. boxer
• "The Manassa Mauler" = Jack Dempsey, American boxer
• "Manos de Piedra"' (Spanish for "Hands of Stone") = Roberto Duran, Panamanian boxer
• "Mantequilla" (Spanish for "Butter") = José Napoles, Cuban-Mexican boxer
• "Marvelous Marvin" = Marvin Hagler, U.S. boxer
• "Michigan Assassin" = Stanley Ketchel, American boxer
• "Miracle Matthew" = Matthew Saad Muhammad, U.S. boxer
• "Morocho" = Carlos Hernandez, Venezuelan boxer
• "The Motor City Cobra" = Thomas Hearns, U.S. boxer
• "The Mouse" = Bruce Strauss, U.S. boxer
• "Neon Leon" = Leon Spinks, U.S. boxer
• "The Old Mongoose" = Archie Moore, U.S. boxer
• "Ordinary" = Audley Harrison, English boxer^[182] (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
• "Pacman" = Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer
• "The Pazmanian Devil" = Vinny Paz, U.S. boxer
• "Peppermint" = Alfonso Frazer, Panamanian boxer
• "Pipino" = Jose Cuevas, Mexican boxer
• "The Pocket Rocket" – = Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
• "Pretty Boy" = Floyd Mayweather, Jr., U.S. boxer
• "Prince" = Naseem Hamed, English boxer
• "Quick" = James Tillis, U.S. boxer
• "The Quiet Man" = John Ruiz, Puerto Rican boxer
• "Quitschko" = Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• "The Radar" = Wilfred Benitez, Puerto Rican boxer
• "The Ragamuffin Man" = Lloyd Honeyghan, British boxer
• "Raging Bull" -
  • Vic Darchinyan, Australian boxer
  • Jake LaMotta, American boxer
• "Razor" = Donovan Ruddock, Canadian boxer
• "The Real Deal" = Evander Holyfield, U.S. boxer
• "Salsero" = Alfredo Escalera, Puerto Rican boxer
• "Smokin' Joe" = Joe Frazier, U.S. boxer
• "Steelhammer" = Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• "Sugar" = Carlos De Leon, Puerto Rican boxer
• "Sugar" -
  • Shane Mosley, U.S. boxer
  • Ray Leonard, U.S. boxer (Leonard reportedly disliked it, believing only Robinson deserved "Sugar Ray")
• "Sugar Ray Robinson" = pseudonym for Walker Smith, Jr., U.S. boxer
• "El Temible" (Spanish, The Feared) = José Luis Castillo', Mexican boxer
• "Termite" = Maurice Watkins, U.S. boxer
• "El Terrible" = Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
• "Terrible" = Tim Witherspoon, U.S. boxer
• "Thunder" = Arturo Gatti, U.S. boxer
• "Tiger" – = Dariusz Michalczewski, Polish boxer
• "TNT" = Tony Tubbs, U.S. boxer
• "The Truth" = Carl Williams, U.S. boxer
• "The Wild Bull of the Pampa" = Luis Firpo, Argentinian boxer
• "Winky" = Ronald Wright, U.S. Boxer

[edit] Cricket

See also: List of nicknames used in cricket

• "Bear" = Cameron White, Australian batsman
• "Beefy" = Ian Botham, English all-rounder
• "Bhaji" = Harbhajan Singh, Indian off spinner
• "Big Bird" = Joel Garner, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler
• "Big Joel" = Joel Garner, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler
• "Church" = Adam Gilchrist, Austrlian batsman
• "Fast Freddie" = Andrew Flintoff, English all-rounder
• "King of Spain" = Ashley Giles, English left-arm spinner
• "Mr. Cricket" = Michael Hussey, Australian batsman
• "Monty" = Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, English left-arm spinner
• "Murali" = Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan off spinner
• "Sultan of Swing" = Wasim Akram, Pakistann fast bowler
• "Slinga" = Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan fast bowler
• "Smokey" = Viv Richards, West Indies fast bowler
• "Punter" = Ricky Ponting, Australian all-rounder
• "Tiger" -
  • Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian batsman
  • Bill O'Reilly, Australian leg spinner
• "The Don" = Donald Bradman, Austrlian batsman
• "The Little Master" = Sachin Tendulkar, Indian batsman
• "The Prince" = Brian Lara, West Indies batsman
• "The Silver Prince" = Sourav Ganguly, Indian batsman
• "The Turbanator" = Harbhajan Singh, Indian off spinner
• "Tosser" = Chris Moulder, English spin bowler
• "Tugga" = Steve Waugh, Australian batsman
• "Viru" = Virender Sehwag, Indian batsman
• "The Wall" = Rahul Dravid, Indian batsman
• "Whispering Death" = Michael Holding, West Indian fast bowler

[edit] Cycling

• "L'aigle de Tolède" (French for "The Toledo Eagle") = Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
• "Il Campionissimo" (Italian for "The Champion of Champions") = Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist
• "The Cannibal" = Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
• "Elefantino" (Italian for "Little Elephant") = Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (despised by Pantani)
• "Gino the Pious" = Gino Bartali, Italia cyclist
• "L'intello" (French for "The Egghead") = Laurent Fignon, French cyclist
• "Maître Jacques" (French for "Master Jacques") = Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist
• "Jake the Snake" = Jacob Heilbron, U.S. cyclist
• "Lucien Petit-Breton" = pseudonym of Lucien Mazan, French cyclist
• "Il Pirata" (Italian for "The Pirate") = Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist
• "Poupou" = Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
• "Big Mig" = Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist
• "Le blaireau" (French for "The Badger") = Bernard Hinault, French cyclist

[edit] BMX

• "Amtrak" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[185]
• "The Avalanche" = Richie Anderson, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "BF" = Brian Foster, U.S. BMX racing rider (abbreviated as Blue Falcon)
• "Bigfoot" = Andy Patterson, U.S. BMX racing rider (due to his shoe size being size 13)
• "Big Chuck" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[186]
• "Big Daddy" = Eric Rupe, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "The Businessman" = Gregory Hill, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Butcher"= Joe Kowalski, U.S. freestyle BMX rider
• "Black Magic" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[187] (which he had stenciled on the back of his racing pants in 1985)
• "The Blue Falcon" = Brian Foster, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Chasemainian Devil" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[188]
• "Choo-Choo Charlie" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[185]
• "The Condor" = Mat Hoffman, U.S. freestyle BMX rider
• "Crazy Eric" = Eric Steele, British freestyle BMX rider^[189]
• "Dirt" = Brian Foster, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "The Earthquake" -= Eric Carter, U.S. BMX racing rider^[190]
• "EC" = Eric Carter, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "The Fleein' Korean" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[186]
• "The Golden Child"^[191][192] = Eric Carter, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "The Human Dragster" = Tommy Brackens, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "King Edward" = Eddy King, U.S. freestyle BMX rider
• "King of Skateparks" = Eddie Fiola, U.S. freestyle BMX rider^[193]
• "Little Mr. Awesome" = Greg Schofield, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "The Lumberjack" = Gary Ellis, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Miracle Boy" = Dave Mirra, U.S. freestyle BMX rider
• "Mr. Bigfoot" = Andy Patterson, U.S. BMX racing rider (due to his shoe size being size 13)
• "Mr. Smooth" = Richard Anderson, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Mr. Smooth" = Eric Carter, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Old Man" = Scot Breithaupt, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "OM" = Scot Breithaupt, U.S. BMX racing rider (abbreviation of his "Old Man" nickname)
• "The Pistol" = Pete Loncarevich, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Pistol Pete" = Pete Loncarevich, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Richie Rich" = Richard Anderson, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Scary Harry Leary" = Harry Leary, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Speed Queen" = Melanie Cline, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Speeding Locomotive Charlie" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[185]
• "Steam Engine Charlie" = Charles Townsend, U.S. BMX racing rider^[185]
• "Stompin' Stu" = Stu Thomsen, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "Swell Mel" = Melanie Cline, U.S. BMX racing rider
• "T.I." = Takashi Ito, Japanese freestyle BMX rider^[194]
• "Turbo" = Harry Leary, U.S. BMX racing rider

[edit] Darts

Further information: List of darts players nicknames

[edit] Gaelic Football

• "Bomber" = Eoin Liston, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Gooch/The Gooch" = Colm Cooper, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Jayo" = Jason Sherlock, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Mugsy" = Eoin Mulligan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Ned" = Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Prince of Forwards" = Tadhg Lyne, Irish Gaelic footballer
• "Star" = Kieran Donaghy, Irish Gaelic footballer

[edit] Golf

• "Babe" - Mildred Zaharias, U.S. track and field athlete and golfer
• "The Big Easy" = Ernie Els, South African professional golfer
• "Champagne Tony" = Tony Lema, U.S golfer
• "Chi-Chi" = Juan Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer
• "The Golden Bear" = Jack Nicklaus, U.S. golfer
• "The Great White Shark" = Greg Norman, Australian golfer
• "The Grouch" - Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer^[195]
• "Hootie" = William Johnson, U.S. golfer
• "The King" = Arnold Palmer, U.S. golfer
• "Lefty" – = Phil Mickelson, U.S. golfer
• "Lord Byron" = Byron Nelson, U.S. golfer
• "The Merry Mex" = Lee Trevino, U.S. golfer
• "Mr. X" = Miller Barber, U.S. golfer
• "Mrs. Doubtfire" = Colin Montgomerie, Scots golfer^[196]
• "Monty" = Colin Montgomerie, Scots golfer
• "El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Sergio García, Spanish golfer
• "Ohio Fats" = Jack Nicklaus, U.S. golfer
• "The Pink Panther" = Paula Creamer, U.S. golfer
• "Sandy" = Alexander Lyle, Scots golfer
• "Seve" = Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
• "Slammin' Sammy" = Sam Snead, U.S. golfer
• "Squire" = Gene Sarazen, U.S. golfer
• "Tiger" – = Eldrick Woods, U.S. golfer
• "The Walrus" = Craig Stadler, U.S. golfer

[edit] Ice Hockey

See also: List of hockey nicknames

• "747" - Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ace" -
  • Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player^[197]
  • Irvine Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
• "AK-27" = Alexei Kovalev, Russian hockey player^[198]
• "Alexander the Great" -
  • Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player^[199]
  • Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player^[200]
• "AlMo" = Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player
• "The A-Train" = Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player^[201]
• "Babe" -
  • Cecil Dye, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Walter Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Albert Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Baldy" = Harold Cotton, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Barney" – = Russ Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bates" = Jon Battaglia, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Battleship" = Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Baz" = Aldege Bastien, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Beezer" = John Vanbiesbrouck, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Big Bird" = Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player^[203]
• "Big Bomber" = Charlie Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Big Daddy" = Patrick Kane, U.S ice hockey player
• "Big Dog" = Jeff Christian, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Big E" = Eric Lindros, Canadian hockey player
• "BGL (Big Georges Laraque)" = Georges Laraque, Canadian hockey player
• "The Big M" = Frank Mahovlich, Canadian hockey player
• "Big Nose" = Martin Rucinsky, Czech hockey player
• "The Big Train" = Lionel Conacher, Canadian hockey player
• "Bill" = Hubert Quackenbush, Canadian hockey player
• "Billy" = Hamilton Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Black Jack" = John Stewart, Canadian hockey player
• "Blackie" = Jean Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Boomer" = Steve Hawrysh ice hockey executive^[204]
• "Boom Boom" -
  • Tom Driscoll, Canadian hockey player
  • Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player
• "Bouse" = John Hutton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Brick" = Andy Brickley, U.S. hockey player
• "The Bruise Brothers" = Joe Kocur and Bob Probert, Detroit Red Wings ice hockey teammates
• "Bubba" =
  • Barry Beck, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Andrew Berenzweig, U.S. hockey player^[202]
• "Buck" = George Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bucky" = Ralph Buchanan, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Bud" =
  • Alex Cook, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
  • Norman Poile, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
  • Jim MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Buddy" = Carl Boone, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Buddy" = Herbert O'Connor, Canadian hockey player
• "The Bulin Wall" = Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player
• "Bullet Joe" = Harold Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Bun" = Fred Cook, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Bunny" =
  • John Ahearne, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Napoleon Dame, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
  • Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "Burnaby Joe" = Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player
• "Busher" = Harvey Jackson, Canadian hockey player
• "Buster" = Russ Brayshaw, Canadian hockey player^[202]
• "Butch" =
  • Emile Bouchard, Canadian hockey player^[205][202]
  • Frank Stahan,, Canadian hockey player^[202]
• "Buzz" = Frank Boll, Canadian ice hockey player^[202]
• "The Captain" -
  • Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Captain Kirk" -
  • Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Cat" = Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Cheesie" = Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Chico" = Glenn Resch, Canadian hockey player
• "The Chicoutimi Cucumber" = Georges Vézina, Canadian hockey player
• "Chief" -
  • George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Johnny Bucyk, Canadian Ice Hockey player
• "Ching" = Ivan Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Chuck" = Claude Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Claude Printemps" (French for "Springtime Claude") = Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Cocktail Schremp" = Rob Schremp, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Cooney" = Ralph Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Cornelius" = Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player
• "CristoWall" = Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player
• "Crow" = Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey coach
• "CuJo" = Curtis Joseph, Canadian hockey player
• "Cyclone" - Fred Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Le Démon Blond" (French for "The Blond Devil") = Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Digger" -
  • Richard Moore, Canadian hockey player
  • Paul Dixon, British hockey player/coach
• "Dit" = Aubrey Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Dodger" = Norman Collings, Canadian hockey player^[206]
• "Dollar Bill" = W.W. Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks NHL franchise
• "The Dominator" = Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
• "Dubbie" = Russell Bowie, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Duke" = Gordon Keats, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Eddie the Eagle" = Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Finnish Flash" = Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
• "Flower" = Guy Lafleur, Canada Hockey player
• "Foppa" = Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• "Gentleman Joe" -
  • Joe Primeau, Canadian hockey player and coach
  • Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player
• "Godzilla" = Olaf Kölzig, German ice hockey player
• "The Golden Brett" = Brett Hull, Canadian-American ice hockey player (after his dad, "The Golden Jet")
• "The Golden Jet" = Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Goose" = Paul Gaustad , American ice hockey player
• "Grapes" = Don Cherry, Canadian hockey coach, player and commentator
• "The Great One" = Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player and coach
• "Le Gros Bill" (French for "Fat Bill") = Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Gump" = Lorne Worsley, Canadian hockey player
• "The Gumper" = Lorne Worsley, Canadian hockey player
• "Hammer" = Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hap" or "Happy" -
  • Clarence Day, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Harry Holmes, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hod" = William H. Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Hooley" = Reginald Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• "House" = Jim Sandlak, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Iron Mike" = Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager
• "Jacques" = Joseph H. Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jake the Snake" = Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jean" = Joseph Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Jumbo Joe" = Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Kid" = Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
• "King" -
  • Francis Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• "King Richard" = Richard Brodeur, Canadian hockey goalie
• "Knuckles" = Chris Nilan, U.S. ice hockey player
• "The Little Giant" = Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Little M" = Peter Mahovlich, Canadian hockey player
• "Lolo" = Rosario Couture, Canadian hockey player^[202]
• "Lord Byron" = Byron Dafoe, English ice hockey player
• "Mad Max" = Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mad Mike" = Mike Milbury, U.S. hockey player/former general manager and coach
• "Le Magnifique" (French for "The Magnificent") = Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Messiah" = Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mickey" = Fred J. Ion, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mr. Hockey" = Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Mr. Zero" = Frank Brimsek, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Mo" = Mike Modano, U.S. ice hockey player
• "Moose" -
  • Andre Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player
  • F. X. Goheen, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ernest Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Murph" = Erwin Chamberlain, Canadian hockey player^[206][206]
• "Mush" = Harold March, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Newsy" = Edouard Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Next One" -
  • Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Nosey" - Art Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Old Bootnose" = Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Old Poison" = Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ozzie" = Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Ossie" = Oscar Asmundson, Canadian hockey player^[202]
• "Ozo" = Sandis Ozolinsh, Latvian hockey player
• "Le Penseur" (French for "The Thinker") = Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phat" = Gordon Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Phantom Joe" = Maurice Malone, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Pit" -
  • Alfred Lepine, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Hubert Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Pocket Rocket" – = Henri Richard, Canadian hockey player (after his brother, Maurice
• "The Professor" = Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
• "Puff Nuts" = Jaromir Jagr, Czech ice hockey player
• "Punch" -
  • Harry L. Broadbent, Canadian ice hockey player
  • George Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Rat" = Harry Westwick, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Razor" = Rob Ray canadian ice hockey player
• "Rebounds" – = Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Red" – -
  • Gordon Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player^[202][207]
  • George Horner, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Leonard Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Roy Storey, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Red Light" = André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Riverton Rifle" = Reggie Leach, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Roadrunner" = Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian hockey player
• "The Rocket" – = Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player
• "The Russian Rocket" = Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
• "Rusty" = Samuel Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player
• "St. Patrick" = Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Sammy" = Sergei Samsonov, Russian hockey player
• "Scotty" – -
  • Allan M. Davidson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ian Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Le Sénateur" (French for "The Senator") = Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Shorty" = Wilfred Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Shrimp" = Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Silver Fox" = Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Skippy" = Fred Burchell, U.S. hockey player^[202]
• "Slats" = Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Spider" = Ken Lockett, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• "Spunk" = Emory Collins, Canadian auto racer and ice hockey player
• "Steamer" = Fred G. Maxwell, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Stevie Wonder" = Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Stevie Y" = Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Stratford Streak" = Howard W. Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Super Mario" = Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Sweeney" = David Schriner, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Tasmanian Devil" = Terry O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Teeder" = Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Terrible Ted" = Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tiger" – = Dave Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tim" – = Miles Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Tiny" – = Cecil R. Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Toe" = Hector Blake, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Turk" – = Walter Broda, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Turkey" = Gerard Gallant, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• "Twin Towers" = Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky Kasakhk Ukranian ice hockey players
• "Ulcers" = Frank McCool, Canadian hockey goaltender
• "Wardo" = Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• "Whipper" = Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player
• "The Wizard(s)" = Daniel Sedin & Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players

[edit] Martial Arts

• "Ace" = Rich Franklin, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "Babalu" = Renato Sobral, Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
• "Bang" = Duane Ludwig, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "The Croatian Sensation" = Pat Miletich, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "Heewoman" = Dana Hee, U.S. martial artist
• "Iceman" = Chuck Liddell, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "The Maine-iac" = Tim Sylvia, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "Natural" = Randy Couture, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "Ninja" = Murilo Rua, Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
• "Red Nose" - Steve Berger, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter^[208]
• "Shogun" = Mauricio Rua, Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
• "The Squeeze"= Sam Morgan, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter^[209]

[edit] Motorsport

• "Ardun Doug" - Doug King, U.S. nostalgia drag racer
• "Awesome Bill" ("Awesome Bill From Dawsonville") = Bill Elliott, U.S. stock car racer
• "Babe" - Woolf Barnato, British racing driver^[210]
• "Baja Bob" = Bob Gordon, U.S. off-road racer
• "Banjo" = Edwin K. Matthews, U.S. racing mechanic
• "The Barefoot Boy From Te Puke" = Denny Hulme, New Zealand racing driver
• "Barney" = Bern Oldfield, U.S. racing driver
• "The Baron" = Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer
• "The Bear" = Denny Hulme, New Zealand racing driver
• "Benjy" = Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver
• "Bentley Boys" = a group of gentlemen racers who drove Bentleys, including Woolf Barnato, Henry Birkin and others (see article)
• "Bergmeister" (German, "hill master") - Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver^[211]
• "Big" = Don Garlits, U.S. drag racer
• "Big Al" = Al Unser, Sr., U.S. racing driver
• "Big Daddy" = Don Garlits, U.S. drag racer
• "The Blackburn Bullet" = Carl Fogarty, British motorcycle racer
• "Black Jack" = Jack Brabham, British Formula One racing driver
• "Bobby Z" = Bobby Zoelner, U.S. monster truck driver
• "Bomber" = Earl F. Balmer, U.S. racing driver
• "Bosse" = Marcus Grönholm, Finnish rally driver
• "Bounty Hunter" - Connie Kalitta, U.S. drag racer^[212]
• "Bounty Huntress" - Shirley Muldowney, U.S. drag racer (used briefly)^[213]
• "Brilliant Bob" = Robert Wollek, French sportscar racing driver
• "The Bruce and Denny Show" = the highly successful pairing of Team McLaren drivers, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme in Can-Am racing from 1967 until McLaren's death in 1970.^[214]
• "Bubba" =
  • James Stewart Jr., U.S. Supercross rider
  • Don Shobert, U.S. motorcycle racer
• "Buck" = Elzie W. Baker, Sr., U.S. stock car racer
• "Buddy" = Wylie Baker, Jr., U.S. stock car racer
• "Bugs" = Leslie Allen, U.S. dirt track racing driver
• "The Bulldog" = Mike Gascoyne, British Formula One technical director
• "Bunkie" = James R. Blackburn, U.S. stock car racer
• "The Camfather" = Ed Iskenderian, U.S. drag racer and land speed racer
• "Cannonball" = Erwin Baker, U.S. racing driver
• "Caped Crusader of Auto Racing" = Eddie Sachs, U.S. Indy racing driver
• "Cha-Cha" = Shirley Muldowney, U.S. drag racer (used briefly, despised by Shirley)
• "Charging Charlie" = Charlie Glotzbach, U.S. NASCAR driver^[215]
• "The Charging Comet" = Charlie Glotzbach, U.S. NASCAR driver^[216]
• "Chick" – = Takeo Hirashima, U.S. racing mechanic
• "El Chueco" (Spanish for "knock-kneed" or "bandy legs") = Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver^[217]
• "Ciccio" (Italian, "butch") - Alberto Ascari, Italian Grand Prix driver^[218]
• "Caped Crusader of Auto Racing" = Gianclaudio Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver
• "Clay" = Gianclaudio Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver
• "Clown Prince of Auto Racing" = Eddie Sachs, U.S. Indy racing driver
• "The Columbus Comet" = Anthony W. Stewart, U.S. NASCAR driver^[219]
• "Il Commendatore" (Italian, The Commander) = Enzo Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix racing driver and team owner
• "Connie" - Conrad Kalitta, U.S. drag racer^[220]
• "Cotton" = Henry C. Henning, U.S. Indianapolis racing mechanic^[221]
• "Count von Crash" - Wolfgang von Trips, German Formula One driver^[222]
• "Crazy Swede" = Samuel Hübinette, Swedish drifting driver.
• "Dandy Dick" = Dick Landy, U.S. drag racer^[223]
• "De Crasheris" = Andrea de Cesaris, Italian Formula One driver
• "Dead by June Doohan" = Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Dick" - Richard Petty, American stock car diver (despised by Petty's mom, who reportedly remarked, "If we'd wanted him called Dick, we'd have named him Dick.")^[224]
• "Dickie" = Richard Attwood, British racing driver (despised by Attwood)
• "Dieu au volant" (French for "God on Wheels") = Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver^[225]
• "The Doctor" = Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "Doki-Doki Kun" = Ryuji Miki, Japanese drifting driver
• "Drake" = Enzo Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix racing driver and team owner
• "Drift King" (Japanese:ドリキン, "Dorikin"^?) = Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver and drifting driver/judge and team manager^[226] (given to him by CarBoy magazine for excellence to drifting)
• "Drift Samurai" (Japanese:ドリフト侍, Dorifuto Zamurai^?) = Takahiro Imamura, Japanese drifting driver
• "Dryhopp" = Tetsuya Kawasaki, Japanese drag racer^[227]
• "Duke" -
  • J. Carlyle Dinsmore, U.S. dirt track Indy racer
  • Dennis Nalon, U.S. racing driver
• "Dyno Don" = Don Nicholson, U.S. drag racer^[228]
• "Emperor" = Yoshinori Koguchi, Japanese drifting driver^[229]
• "The Enforcer" = Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
• "Erik pa taket" (Swedish, "Erik on the roof") = Erik Carlsson, Finnish rally racing driver
• "Fabulous Fred" = Fred Frame, U.S. motorcycle racer and auto racing driver
• "The Farmer" = Arnold Beswick, U.S. drag racer^[230]
• "Fast Freddie" = Freddie Spencer, U.S. motorcycle racer
• "The Fastest Man in Japan" (Japanese:日本一速い男, Nippon ichi hayai otoko^?) = Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
• "Fireball" = Edward Roberts, Jr., U.S. stock car racer
• "The Flying Finn" =
  • Rauno Aaltonen, Finnish rally driver
  • Mika Häkkinen, Finnish Formula One driver
  • Juha Kankkunen, Finnish rally driver
  • Timo Mäkinen, Finnish rally driver
  • Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish rally driver
  • Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish Formula One driver
  • Keijo Rosberg, Finnish Formula One driver
  • Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer
  • Timo Salonen, Finnish rally driver
• "The Flying Mantuan" - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian Grand Prix driver^[231]
• "The Flying Scot" = John Y. Stewart, Scottish Grand Prix racing driver and team owner
• "Foggy" = Carl Fogarty, British motorcycle racer
• "Fonty" = Truman F. Flock, U.S. NASCAR racing driver^[232]
• "Gan-san" (ガンさん, "Gan-san"^?) = Motoharu Kurosawa, Japanese racecar driver
• "The Gonzalez of the West Country" = Horace Gould, English racing driver^[233]
• "G.O.A.T." = Ricky Carmichael, U.S. Supercross rider
• "The Go-Show" = Anthony Gobert, Australian motorcycle racer
• "The Governor" = Francis C. Clement, British racing driver
• "The Grump" = Bill Jenkins, U.S. drag racer (rarely used)^[234]
• "Grumpy" = Bill Jenkins, U.S. drag racer^[235]
• "Haga-san" (Japanese:芳賀さん, "Haga-san"^? Mr. Haga) = Noriyuki Haga', Japanese motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Hap" or "Happy" – = Kevin Harvick, U.S. auto racer
• "Haru" = Haruchika Aoki, Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix rider
• "Hiro" = Hiroyuki Matsushita, Japanese IndyCar driver
• "Hollywood" = Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
• "Hoppo" = John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycle racer
• "The Human Computer" = Walter Röhrl, German rally driver
• "Hungry" = Maynard Clark, U.S. motorcycle stunt rider
• "Hunt the Shunt" = James Hunt, British Formula One driver
• "Iceman" -
  • Terry Labonte, U.S. stock car driver
  • Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish Formula One driver
• "The Intimidator" = Dale Earnhardt, Sr., U.S. stock car racer
• "Ironman" = Ivan Stewart, U.S. off-road racer
• "Ironhead" = Dale Earnhardt, Sr., U.S. stock car racer
• "Isky" = Ed Iskenderian, U.S. drag racer and land speed racer^[236]
• "Jackie" = John Y. Stewart, Scots Formula One driver
• "Jim" = Richard P. Rathmann, U.S. Indy racer
• "Jimmy Savile" = Lewis Hamilton, British Formula 1 driver (Given to him by friends at the age of 17, due to his fondness of bling, rarely used)^[237]
• "Joey" = William Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• "JJ Lehto" = Jyrki Juhani Järvilehto, Finnish Formula One driver
• "Johnny" = Alberto Cecotto, Venezuelan motorcycle racer and racing driver
• "Johnny Carwash" = Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian Formula One driver (a literal translation of "John Washing", popularized by David Letterman)
• "JR" = Vaughn Gittin, Jr., U.S. drifting driver
• "Jungle Jim" = Jim Lieberman, American drag racer
• "Junior" =
  • Robert G. Johnson, Jr., U.S. stock car racer
  • John S. Zink, Jr., U.S. Indy racer^[238]
  • Dale Earnhardt, Jr., U.S. stock car racer
• "Keke" = Keijo Rosberg, Finnish Formula One driver
• "Kelly" = Cavino Petillo, U.S. racing driver
• "The Kentucky Kid" = Nicky Hayden, U.S. motorcycle racer
• "The Kid" =
  • Jeff Gordon, U.S. stock car racer (1990s nickname, now out of use)
  • Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver (1990s nickname, now out of use)
• "The King"
  • Richard Petty, U.S. stock car racer
  • Jeremy McGrath, U.S. Supercross rider
• "King Carl" = Carl Fogarty, British motorcycle racer
• "King Hiro" = Hiro Matsushita, Japanese IndyCar driver (unintentionally given by Emerson Fittipaldi when intending to say "Fucking Hiro!" during a radio call to pit crew)
• "King Richard" = Richard Petty, U.S. stock car racer
• "King of Monaco" = Graham Hill, Formula One driver
• "King of the Ice" = Jo Bonnier, Swedish Formula One and GT driver
• "King of the Mille Miglia" = Clemente Biondetti, Italian racing driver
• "King of the Mountain" = Peter Brock, Australian touring car driver
• "King of the Road" = Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• "King of the Used Cars" - Darel Dieringer, U.S. stock car racer (used in reference to a former NASCAR division, informally called "Used Cars Division")^[239]
• "König Ludwig" (German, "King Ludwig") = Klaus Ludwig, German racing driver
• "Kuma" (Japanese:クマ, bear, "Kuma"^?) = Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese drifting driver
• "Leadfoot" = Wylie Baker, Jr., U.S. stock car driver
• "Leon Duray" = pseudonym of George Stewart, U.S. race driver
• "Il Leone" (Italian for "The Lion") = Nigel Mansell, English Formula One driver (given by tifosi during his time at Ferrari)
• "Li'l Al" = Al Unser, Jr., U.S. race driver^[240]
• "Little Art" = Arturo Merzario, Italian racing driver
• "Lofty" = Frank England, British racing team manager
• "Lucky" = Lloyd Casner, U.S. GT race driver
• "Mad Max" = Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "Mad Mick" = Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• "The Mad Russian" = Bill Vukovich, U.S. auto racer
• "El Maestro" (Spanish for "The Master") = Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver
• "Madusa" = Debra Miceli, U.S. monster truck driver and former wrestler (shorthand for Made in the USA, despite Italian origin; used as ringname during Miceli's wrestling career)
• "Magic" – = Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Formula One driver
• "The Man in Black" = Dale Earnhardt, Sr., American NASCAR racer (in reference to his GM Goodwrench sponsored car, which was always in black)
• "Mana-P (マナＰ, Mana-P^?) = Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and motorsport announcer
• "Maverick" = Bill Golden, U.S. wheelstander drag racer^[241]
• "Max" -
  • Manabu Orido ("Max Orido" (MAX☆織戸, "Max Orido"^?)), Japanese racing driver
  • Massimiliano Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "MC" = Jeremy McGrath, U.S. Supercross rider
• "Mickey" = Marion Thompson, American off-road racing driver
• "Million Dollar Bill" = Bill Elliott, U.S. stock car racer (for winning the Winston Million)
• "Mr. Flathead" = John Bradley, U.S. nostalgia drag racer
• "Mr. Monaco" = Graham Hill, Formula One driver
• "Mr. Rallycross = Martin Schanche, Norwegian rallycross driver.
• "Mongoose" - Tom McEwen, U.S. drag racer^[242]
• "Monsieur Dakar" (French , "Mister Dakar") = Karel Loprais, Czech rally driver
• "Monsieur Le Mans" (French , "Mister Le Mans") = Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
• "Monkichi" (Japanese, monkey) = Manabu Orido, Japanese racing driver
• "Monster" (Japanese:モンスター田嶋, "Monsuta Tajima"^?) = Nobuhiro Tajima, Japanese rally and hillclimb driver and team owner.
• "Mouse" = Mike McCoy, U.S. off-road motorcyclist^[243]
• "Nakajap" = Satoru Nakajima, Japanese Formula One driver^[244]
• "Nanni" = Giovanni G. G. Galli, Italian GT and Grand Prix driver
• "El Nano" = Fernando Alonso, Spanish Grand Prix driver
• "Negher" (Italian, "Blackie") = Giuseppe Campari, Italian Grand Prix driver
• "Niki" = Andreas Lauda, Austrian Formula One driver
• "Nino" = Emilio Farina, Italian Grand Prix driver^[245]
• "Nitro Nori" = Noriyuki Haga, Japanese motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "NOB" (abbreviation: No One Better) = Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
• "Nobu" = Nobuatsu Aoki, Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix rider
• "Nomuken" (Japanese:のむけん, "Nomuken"^?) = Ken Nomura, Japanese drifting driver (shorthand of Nomura Ken)
• "Norick" (Japanese:ノリック・アベ, "Norick Abe"^?) = Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Nori" (Japanese:ノリ, "Nori"^?) = Noriyuki Haga, Japanese motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Nori-Chan" = Noriyuki Haga, Japanese motorcycling Grand Prix rider
• "Ohio George" - George Montgomery, U.S. drag racing driver^[246]
• "Okachan" (Japanese:岡ちゃん, "Okachan"^?) = Kazuyoshi Okamura, Japanese drifting driver
• "The Old Man" = Enzo Ferrari, Italian motor racing team owner
• "Our Nige" = Nigel Mansell, English Formula One driver^[247]
• "Pan Dakar" (Czech, "Mr. Dakar") = Karel Loprais, Czech rally driver
• "The Pampas Bull" = José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver
• "Pappy" = Carmel Fernandez, U.S. NASCAR driver
• "Parnelli" = Rufus P. Jones, U.S. Indy racer^[248]
• "Pat" = Ueal E. Patrick, U.S. Champ Car and IRL racing team owner
• "Pesca" = Henri Pescarolo, French racing driver
• "Peter Perfect"
  • Peter Gregg, U.S. sportscar racing driver
  • Peter Brock, Australian touring car racing driver
• "Le Petoulet" (French , "the rat-droppings")+B1445 = Maurice Trintignant, French Formula One driver^[249]
• "Phi Phi" - 'Philippe Etancelin, French Grand Prix driver^[250]
• "Pi" = Per-Inge Walfridsson, Swedish rally driver^[25]
• "Pop" = Maurice F. Eargle, U.S. NASCAR, Sportsman, and Modifieds driver
• "Pops"
  • Curtis Turner, U.S. stock car driver
  • Hideo Yoshimura, Japanese motorcycle race team owner
• "Prince of White Smoke" (Japanese:白煙王子, byaku kemuri ōji^?) = Ken Nomura, Japanese drifting driver
• "The Professor" =
  • Alain Prost, French Formula One driver
  • Warren Johnson, American drag racer
• "Quick Nick" = Nick Heidfeld, German racing driver^[251]
• "Rainmaster" =
  • Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver^[252]
  • Rudolf Caracciola, German Grand Prix driver^[253]
  • Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver ^[254]
  • Sete Gibernau, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing rider^[255]
  • Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
  • Tom Pryce, British Formula One driver ^[256]
  • Jim Richards, New Zealand Touring car racing driver^[257]
  • Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver^[258]
  • Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Formula One driver^[259]
  • Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver^[260]
• "Red" – -
  • Richard Amick, U.S. Indy racer
  • Robert Byron, U.S. stock car racer
• "Red Baron" = Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
• "Regenmeister" (German, "Rainmaster") = Rudolf Caracciola, German Grand Prix
• "The Richest Man in D1" = Takahiro Ueno, Japanese drifting driver
• "Ringmeister" (German, "Ringmaster", for excellence at the Nürburgring) -
  • Rudolf Caracciola, German Grand Prix
  • Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver^[225]
  • Tazio Nuvolari, Italian Grand Prix
  • Bernd Rosemeyer, German Grand Prix
• "Rocket Ron" = Ron Haslam, British Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• "Rodger the Dodger" = Rodger Ward, U.S. Indy racer
• "Rodeo Clown" (, "Rodeo Clown"^?) = Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese drifting driver (for his ability to perform doughnuts, whilst straddling on the driver's door)
• "Rodeo Drift" (Japanese:ロデオ乗り, Rodeo Dori^?) = Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese drifting driver (As above)
• "Roman Emperor" = Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• "Rossifumi" = Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer (given in honour of Norifumi Abe, now out of use)
• "Rubinho" = Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian Formula One driver
• "The Rushville Rocket" = Anthony W. Stewart, U.S. NASCAR driver^[219]
• "Rusty" = Russell W. Wallace, U.S. stock car racer^[261]
• "Salt" = David Walther, U.S. racing driver
• "Sammy" = Sydney Davis, British racing driver
• "Sandro" = Alessandro Nannini, Italian racing driver
• "Sargent Ghost" (Japanese:鬼軍曹, "oni gunsō"^?) = Hisashi Kamimoto, Japanese drifting driver^[226]
• "Schumi" = Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
• "Senior" = Dale Earnhardt, U.S. stock car racing
• "Shorty" = William Cantlon, U.S. midget racer
• "Showtime" = Jeremy McGrath, U.S. Supercross rider
• "The Silent Serb" = Bill Vukovich, U.S. Indy racer
• "The Silver Fox" =
  • David Pearson, U.S. auto racer
  • Piero Taruffi, Italian auto and moto racer and manager
• "Sjarrel" = Charles Zwolsman, Dutch racing driver^[262]<--!meaning?-->
• "Skip" = John Barber III, U.S. racing driver, instructor and school owner
• "Smilin' Jack" = John J. McGrath, U.S. Indy racer and mechanic
• "Smoke" = Anthony W. Stewart, U.S. NASCAR driver^[219]
• "Smokey" =
  • Henry Yunick, U.S. racing mechanic^[263][264]
  • Kazuhiko Nagata, Japanese racing mechanic^[265][266]
• "Smokin' Jo" = Joachim Winkelhock, German racing driver
• "The Snake" = Don Prudhomme, U.S. drag racer^[267]
• "Soapy" = Neil Castles, U.S. NASCAR stock car racer
• "Spark" (Japanese:スパーク末永, Supaaku Suenaga^?) = Masao Suenaga, Japanese drifting driver
• "Speedy" = Alfred Thompson, U.S. auto racer
• "Spiderman" = Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian auto racer
• "Spunk" = Emory Collins, Canadian auto racer and ice hockey player
• "Steady Eddie" = Eddie Lawson, U.S. moto racer racer
• "Steph" = Stephan Papadakis, U.S. drifting and drag racing driver and team owner
• "Strietzel" = Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver<--!meaning?-->
• "Super Aguri" = Aguri Suzuki, Japanese Formula One driver
• "Super Mario" = Mario Andretti, U.S. racing driver
• "Super Sub" = Roberto Moreno, Brazilian racing driver
• "Super Swede" = Ronnie Peterson, Swedish Formula One driver
• "Super Tex" = A. J. Foyt, American Champ Car racer
• "Super Wop" = Mario Andretti, Italian-American racing driver
• "Swede" – = David E. Savage, Jr., U.S. racing driver^[268]
• "Taffy" - Wolfgang von Trips, German Formula One driver^[269]
• "Taku" = Takuma Aoki, Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix rider
• "Tarzan Yamada" (Japanese:ターザン山田, "Tarzan Yamada"^?) = Eiji Yamada, Japanese racing driver
• "The Tasmanian Devil" = Marcos Ambrose, Australian race truck driver.
• "Terrible Ted" = Teddy Tetzlaff, U.S. racing driver
• "Texas Jim" = James McElreath, U.S. NASCAR and IMCA racer
• "The Texas Tornado" = Colin Edwards, U.S. motorcycle racer
• "The Thrill from West Hill" = Paul Tracy, U.S. racing driver
• "The Thunder from Down Under" = Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Tiff" = Timothy Needell, British racing driver
• "Tim" – = Henry R. S. Birkin, British driver
• "Tinley Park Express" = Melvin Bettenhausen, U.S. Indy driver^[270]
• "Tiny" – = DeWayne L. Lund, U.S. NASCAR racer^[271]
• "Tom Thumb" = Charles J. P. Dodson, British moto racer
• "Tony" = Melvin Bettenhausen, U.S. Indy driver
• "Tony the Tiger" = Anthony W. Stewart, U.S. NASCAR driver^[219]
• "Toshi King" (Japanese:トシキん, Toshikin^?) = Toshiki Yoshioka, Japanese drifting driver
• "Toxic Drift" = Samuel Hübinette, Swedish drifting driver (given in reference to his bleach blond haircut).
• "Track Brat" = Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Formula One driver
• "TV Tommy" - Tommy Ivo, U.S. drag racer (for appearances on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis")^[272]
• "Vermin" - Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
• "Mantovano Volante" (Italian, "The Flying Mantuan") = Tazio G. Nuvolari, Italian Grand Prix driver^[273]
• "Vuky" = Bill Vukovich, U.S. Indy racer
• "Waku Waku Kun" (Japanese:ワクワクさん, "Waku Waku Kun"^?) = -Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese drifting driver
• "Wattie" = John Watson, British Formula One driver
• "Wild Bob" = Robert Burman, U.S. Indy racer^[274]
• "The Wild Indian from Atlanta" = Gober Sosebee, U.S. NASCAR racer
• "Williams" = pseudonym of William Grover-Williams, British Grand Prix racer
• "John Winter" = pseudonym of Louis Krages, German race driver (used in a bid to keep his racing activities secret from his families)
• "WJ" = Warren Johnson, U.S. Pro Stock drag racer
• "Yancy" = Darel Dieringer, U.S. stock car racer^[275]
• "Yount Too" = Randy Yount, U.S. I.M.C.A. Modified racing driver
• "Zookeeper" = John Mulligan, U.S. drag racing driver

[edit] Pool / Snooker

• "The Black Widow" = Jeanette Lee, American pool player
• "The Darling of Dublin" = Ken Doherty, Irish snooker cueist
• "The Duchess of Doom" = Allison Fisher, English snooker cueist and pool player
• "Essex Rocket" = Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker cueist
• "Hurricane" = Alex Higgins, Ulster snooker cueist
• "Hurricane" = Jimmy White, English snooker cueist
• "Iceman" = Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker cueist
• "Interesting" = Steve Davis, English snooker cueist
• "Krafty Ken " = Ken Doherty, Irish snooker cueist
• "Minnesota Fats" = Rudolph Wanderone Jr., U.S. pool player
• "The Nugget" = Steve Davis, English snooker cueist
• "Pocket Dynamo" = Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker cueist
• "The Pocket Rocket" – = Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker cueist
• "Psycho" = Peter Ebdon, English snooker cueist
• "The Rocket" – = Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker cueist
• "Skeletor" = Peter Ebdon, English snooker cueist
• "The Striking Viking" = Ewa Laurance, Swedish-born American pool player
• "The Welsh Potting Machine" = Mark Williams, Welsh snooker cueist
• "The Wizard of Wishaw " = John Higgins, Scottish snooker cueist

[edit] Rugby

• "Ali" = Alexander Williams, New Zealand rugby player
• "Bakkies" = John Botha, South African rugby union player
• "Big Ben" = Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
• "Big Joe" = Johan van Niekerk, South African rugby union player
• "BOD" = Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union player
• "Chiliboy" = Mahlatse Ralepelle, South African rugby union player
• "Cool G" = Angus Cottrell, Australian rugby union player
• "Cortz" = Courtney Smith, Canadian rugby player
• "Drico" = Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union player
• "Fuser" = Che Guevara, Argentine rugby player and Marxist revolutionary
• "Gus Goulds" = Angus Cottrell, Australian rugby player
• "L'homme des cavernes" (French for "Caveman") = Sébastien Chabal, French rugby player
• "L'incomparable" = Philippe Sella, French rugby union player
• "The King" = Barry John, Welsh rugby union player
• "Kitch" = George Moir Christie, South African rugby union coach
• "Le levrier palois" (French for "The Pau sight hound") = Philippe Bernat-Salles, French rugby union player
• "The Little Corporal" = Jacques Fouroux, French rugby union player and coach
• "Loser" = Marcus di Rollo, Scotland rugby union player
• "Os" (Afrikaans, "Ox") = Jacobus du Randt, South African rugby union player
• "Nobody" = John Eales, Australian rugby union player
• "Le Pelé du rugby" (French, "The Pelé of Rugby")– = Serge Blanco, French rugby union player
• "The Raging Potato" = Keith Wood, Irish rugby union player
• "Rat" = Mat Rogers, Australian rugby league and rugby union player
• "Rog" = Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player
• "Sea-Bass" = Sébastien Chabal, French rugby player
• "Uncle Fester" = Keith Wood, Irish rugby union player
• "Volcano" = Lesley Vainikolo, Tonga-born dual code rugby international (New Zealand in league, England in union)
• "Wilko" = Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
• "Z" = Takudzwa Ngwenya, American rugby union player
• "Zee" = Takudzwa Ngwenya, American rugby union player

[edit] Tennis

• "A-Rod" = Andy Roddick, U.S. tennis player^[276]
• "Le basque bondissant" (French for "The Leaping Basque") = Jean Borotra, French tennis player
• "Big Bill" = Bill Tilden, U.S. tennis player
• "Boom Boom" = Boris Becker, German tennis player^[277]
• "The Crocodile" = René Lacoste, French tennis player
• "Fed-Ex" = Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player^[278]
• "Fräulein Forehand" = Steffi Graf, German tennis player
• "Guga" = Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
• "Ice Borg" or "Ice Man" = Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player^[279]
• "Ice Maiden" = Chris Evert, U.S. tennis player^[280]
• "The Las Vegas Kid" = Andre Agassi, U.S. tennis player
• "The Lithuanian Lion" = Vitas Gerulaitis, U.S. tennis player^[281]
• "Little Bill" = WIlliam Johnston, U.S. tennis player
• "Little Miss Poker Face" = Chris Evert, U.S. tennis player
• "Little Mo" = Maureen Connolly, U.S. tennis player
• "Muscles" = Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
• "Nasty" = Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player^[282]
• "Pistol Pete" – = Pete Sampras, U.S. tennis player^[283]
• "Rusty" = Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• "Sliderman" = Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
• "Superbrat" = John McEnroe, U.S. tennis player^[284]
• "Le vengeur masqué" (French for "The Masked Avenger") = Henri Leconte, French tennis player^[285]
• "The Woodies" = Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis doubles team

[edit] Track and Field

• "Babe" = Mildred Zaharias, U.S. track and field athlete and golfer
• "El Caballo" (Spanish, "The Horse") = Alberto Juantorena, Cuban track athlete
• "Flo-Jo" = Florence Griffith Joyner, U.S. runner
• "The Flying Dutchman" = Cornelius Warmerdam, U.S. pole vaulter
• "The Flying Finn" = Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner
• "The Flying Finn" = Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
• "The Flying Finn" = Ville Ritola, Finnish runner
• "The Flying Finn" = Lasse Virén, Finnish runner
• "The Flying Housewife" = Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch runner
• "The Flying Scotsman" = Eric Liddell, Scottish runner
• "G.O.A.T." = Maurice Greene, U.S. track and field athlete
• "Jesse" = James Owens, U.S. track & field athlete
• "King Carl" = Carl Lewis, U.S. track & field athlete
• "Linford's lunchbox" = Linford Christie, British athlete
• "Mystery Man" = André Jackson, French-born track & field athlete^[286]
• "Pre" = Steve Prefontaine, U.S. track & field athlete

[edit] Weightlifting

• "The Iranian Hercules" = Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
• "The Lion of Himara" = Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
• "Little Dynamo" = Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
• "Little Naim" = Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
• "Midas" = Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
• "Pocket Hercules" = Naim Süleymanoğlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter

[edit] Wrestling

• "The American Dream" = Dusty Rhodes, U.S. professional wrestling athlete
• "The Animal" = Dave Bautista,, U.S. professional wrestling athlete
• "The Game" = Triple H, American professional wrestler
• "The Hit Man" = Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestling athlete
• "Immortal One" = Hulk Hogan, U.S. professional wrestling athlete
• "Jake the Snake" = Jake Roberts, U.S. professional wrestling legend
• "The Junkyard Dog" = Sylvester Ritter, U.S. professional wrestling legend
• "Macho Man" = Randy Savage, American professional wrestler
• "Nature Boy" = Ric Flair, American professional wrestler
• "The People's Champ" = Dwayne Johnson, U.S. professional wrestler
• "The Rock" = Dwayne Johnson, U.S. professional wrestler
• "RVD" = Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
• "The Texas RattleSnake" = Stone Cold Steve Austin, American professional wrestler
• "Dr. of Thuganomics" = John Cena, American professional wrestler
• "The Deadman" = The Undertaker, American professional wrestler
• "The Innovator of Violence" = Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
• "Y2J" = Chris Jericho, American professional wrestler
• "The Legend Killer" = Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
• "The Rated-R Superstar" = Adam Copeland, Canadian professional wrestler
• "Big Red Machine" = Glen Jacobs, American professional wrestler
• "The GreenBay Loudmouth" = Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
• "The Rainbow-Haired Warrior" = Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler
• "The Man that will never die" = Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
• "The Samoan Bulldozer" = Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
• "The Master of the 619" = Rey Mysterio, Mexican professional wrestler
• "The Shamon of Sexy, The Guru of Greatness, and The Tuesday Night Delight" = John Hennigan, American professional wrestler
• "The Mexican Warrior" = Chavo Guerrero Jr., Mexican professional wrestler
• "The Gold Standard" = Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler
• "The Dominator" = Franklin Lashley, American professional wrestler
• "The Masterpiece" = Chris Masters, American professional wrestler
• "The Rabid Wolverine" = Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler
• "The Olympic Gold Medalist" = Kurt Angle, American professional wrestler
• "The Human Suplex Machine" = Tazz, American professional wrestler

[edit] Other

• "The Birdman" – = Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
• "Čáp" (Czech for "The Stork") = Petr Procházka, Czech flatwater canoer
• "Cha" = James Fitzpatrick, Irish hurler
• "Chip" = Lee E. Hanauer, U.S. hydroplane driver
• "Deadeye" = Walter Williams, Jr., U.S. ten-pin bowler and horseshoes pitcher
• "Eddie the Eagle" = Michael Edwards, British ski-jumper
• "Eric the Eel" = Eric Moussambani, Equatorial Guinean swimmer
• "The Flying Tomato" = Shaun White, U.S. snowboarder and skateboarder
• "Gator" – = Mark Rogowski, American skateboarder
• "Jammin'" = Jay Halsey, U.S. radio-controlled car driver^[287]
• "Lil' Hulk" = Luke Caudillo, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter^[288]
• "M-15" = Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Finnish curler^[289]
• "Master Masami = Masami Hirosaka, Japanese radio-controlled car racer
• "Nicoletta" = Nicole Trimmel, Austrian kickboxer
• "The Professor" = Grayson Boucher, U.S. street basketball player
• "The Russian Rocket" = Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
• "San-San" (Chinese: 珊珊) = Lee Lai Shan, Hong Kong windsurfer
• "The Speeding White Sausage" = Georg Hackl, German luger
• "Spider" = Vladimir Sabich, U.S. skier
• "Skipp" = George Walther, U.S. hydroplane driver
• "Thorpedo" = Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
• "U-15" = Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Finnish curler
• "Wildman" = Thomas Denny, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter
• "The Wizard(s)" = Simon Whitlock, Australian darts player
• "The Wolverine" = Matt Grice, U.S. mixed martial arts fighter^[290]
• "Mr Wrestlemania" = Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

• Nickname
• Lists of nicknames in football (soccer)