From my archives...
What happened to the nickname? They add color to a sport. "The Big O" Oscar Robertson, "Chocolate Thunder" Daryl Dawkins, Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain, Sugar Ray Robinson/Leonard. Clyde "The Glide" Drexler.
Then there's...
George "Little Chocolate" Dixon...boxer with over 800 fights (way back in the day)
"The Galloping Ghost" Red Grange...footballer
"Bullet" Bob Hayes....sprinter/footballer
Rufus "The Roadrunner" Ferguson...Wisconsin footballer
"Dynamite" Michael Dokes...boxer
"The Buckeye Bullet" Jesse Owens...trackster
Nolan "Super Gnat" Smith...footballer
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson....footballer
"The Kansas Comet" Gale Sayers....footballer
Jim "Cannonball" Butler...footballer
Paul "Tank" Younger..footballer
Bill "Thunder" Thornton...footballer
"Mean" Joe Greene....footballer
"Too Tall" Jones...footballer
"The Milwaukee Meteor"...Archie Hahn...sprinter
"Golden Wheels" Elbert Dubenion.....footballer
"Skeets" Renaldo Nehemiah..hurdler
Kid Chocolate....Cuban boxer
Kid Galavin...Cuban boxer
Eugene "Mercury" Morris...footballer
"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler...boxer
Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns..boxer
Joe "The Jet" Perry....footballer
"Mr Inside" Doc Blanchard/"Mr.Outside" Glen Davis...Army footballers
The Four Horsemen.....ND backfield
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsh...footballer
"Bonecrusher" Smith...boxer
John "The Beast" Mugabi...boxer
L.G. "Long Gone" Dupree....footballer
"Iron" Mike Tyson...boxer
O.J. "The Juice" Simpson...footballer
Sam "The Fordham Flash" Perry...sprinter
The rappers all got nicknames.....cool.
Usain "Lightnin' " Bolt...would be perfect.
Hmmmm? Tyson "I'm Not" Gay...?

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What a coincidence.
