Blacks in pro....

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...rasslin', ya gotta love these names.

Bearcat Wright
Dory Dixon
Savannah Jack
Rufus R. Jones
Brickhouse Brown
Big E. Langston
Junkyard Dog
Kamala
Bobo Brazil
Iceman King Parsons
Koko B. Ware
Booker T.
"Soul Man" Rocky Johnson...father of...The Rock

and my favorite....Sweetdaddy Siki

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Actually Bobo Brazil was the first black world champion in the old WWA out of LA.

Then there's boxing

Tiger Flowers
Kid Chocolate
Kid Gavilan
"Sugar" Ray Robinson
Joe "The Brown Bomber" Lewis
Kid Bururu
Ezzard Charles
"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler
George "Little Chocolate" Dixon...over 800 bouts!
Dynamite Dokes
Kid Ash
Young Zulu Kid
"Smokin' " Joe Frazier

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How about some black footballer names?

Elvis Peacock...Oklahoma
Haven Moses....San Diego State
Mackinley Dillingham...San Diego State
I.M. Hipp...Nebraska
Gloster Richardson...Southern U
Dominique Dorsey...UNLV
Ladainian Tomlinson...TCU
Emerson Boozer...Maryland ES
Hiawatha Francisco...ND
Fair Hooker...Arizona St
Israel Lang...Utah

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Hewritt Dixon
Ike Lassiter
Johnny Sample
Ham, Lam, Jam, Jones
Willie Townes
Harold "Tank" McClinton
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson
George "The Assassin" Atkinson
Bruce "Broken Arm" Taylor - 49'ers:::always, ALWAYS, always had a game day right broken forearm in plaster cast for clothesline purposes.
Buck Buchanan

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^
Hewritt Dixon
Ike Lassiter
Johnny Sample
Ham, Lam, Jam, Jones
Willie Townes
Harold "Tank" McClinton
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson
George "The Assassin" Atkinson
Bruce "Broken Arm" Taylor - 49'ers:::always, ALWAYS, always had a game day right broken forearm in plaster cast for clothesline purposes.
Buck Buchanan


Wow....impressive!

Ok, nicknames.

Rufus "The Roadrunner" Ferguson...Wisconsin
"Squirmin' " Sherman Lewis...Michigan
"Choo Choo" Winters...Nebraska
Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion...Blufton
Nolan "Super Gnat" Smith...Tennesee State
Mack "The Truck" Lee Hill..Southern U
Eugene "Mercury" Morris...West Texas State
"Bullet" Bob Hayes...FAMU
Joe "The Jet" Perry..Compton JC
Walter "The Flea" Roberts...SJS
Robert "Spider" Gaines...Washington
Paul "Tank" Younger...Grambling
Raghib "Rocket" Ismail...ND
"Stump" Mitchell....The Citadel

Tracksters

Heulon Hewritt....Merced JC
Ivory Crockett...So. Illinois
Houston Mctear...Cerritos JC
Xavier Carter...LSU
Handsome Wearing...Villanova
Eulace Peacock...Temple
Major Hazelton...FAMU
Elijah Jefferson..Arizona
Savante Stringfellow..Miss
Aki Bradley...Miss St
Ebanizar Edmonds...SJDelta JC

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Travis "The Roadrunner" Williams - 41.1 kickoff return avg in '67.
Carl "Spider" Lockhart - NY Giants - '60's
Clifton "Sticks" McNeil - '60's
Joe "Turkey" Jones - '80's
"Hollywood" Henderson - name change to: "Holiday" Henderson
David "Deacon" Jones
Eugene "Mercury" Morris
Ernie "The Cat" Ladd
Ed "Too Tall" Jones

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Travis "The Roadrunner" Williams - 41.1 kickoff return avg in '67.
Carl "Spider" Lockhart - NY Giants - '60's
Clifton "Sticks" McNeil - '60's
Joe "Turkey" Jones - '80's
"Hollywood" Henderson - name change to: "Holiday" Henderson
David "Deacon" Jones
Eugene "Mercury" Morris
Ernie "The Cat" Ladd
Ed "Too Tall" Jones

Well I'll be damn...FINALLY...found somebody who can hang..wow!

Ok man...

Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb...no college
Robert "Tank" Holmes...Southern U
"Mean" Joe Greene...North Texas State
Jim "Preacher" Pilot...New Mexico
Bill "Thunder" Thornton...Nebraska
Billy "White Shoes" Johnson
"Ironhead" Heyward...Pitt
Christian "The Nigerian Nightmare" Okoye...Azusa
O.J. "The Juice" Simpson...USC
Leslie "Speedy" Duncan...Jackson State

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^I'm slippin' though, Av. I've drawn a blank.

Yep, to Lipscomb, a sad story.

Nice mention of "Tank" Holmes, later to the Chiefs. Stram had a humongous offensive line, big, tall white farm boys with Morris Stroud the 6'8" TE closing the right tackle. He'd have them stand tall at the offensive line, drop into the 3 point stance, then collectively raise their asses into the air to shield and hide his diminutive core of rb's as they shifted low twixt the tackles. Holmes being one of those along with Mike Garrett, among others. Holmes was indeed a "tank", but a short, stout one.

[SnakeBoy]

Damn, I forgot about Kamala. The good ole days when racial stereotypes were fun.

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