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Re: Nicknames for current players
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:14 pm
by Ronfitch
NWebster wrote:I was actually wondering about the most frequent nicknames, according to PFR there have been 11 "Bubba's" (but they call Bubba Baker Al Baker), 7 "Tank's" and 9 "Tiny's". Interesting there hasn't been a "Tiny" in eons. Guess it's not considered complimentary so recently we get an "Ice Cube" McNeil rather than calling him Tiny. Also 3 different "Big Daddy's", Eugene, Carl and Wilkinson. Any other common ones I'm missing?? Not counting initials like L.T. or O.J. but would count a "Juice", but I don't think anyone wants to be that anymore!
A handful of "Dukes" as well, perhaps best known here would be Duke Slater (not Gomer's buddy ... rather, the son-of-a-minister/All-Pro lineman/Cook County Superior Court Judge).
Re: Nicknames for current players
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:07 pm
by NWebster
Ronfitch wrote:NWebster wrote:I was actually wondering about the most frequent nicknames, according to PFR there have been 11 "Bubba's" (but they call Bubba Baker Al Baker), 7 "Tank's" and 9 "Tiny's". Interesting there hasn't been a "Tiny" in eons. Guess it's not considered complimentary so recently we get an "Ice Cube" McNeil rather than calling him Tiny. Also 3 different "Big Daddy's", Eugene, Carl and Wilkinson. Any other common ones I'm missing?? Not counting initials like L.T. or O.J. but would count a "Juice", but I don't think anyone wants to be that anymore!
A handful of "Dukes" as well, perhaps best known here would be Duke Slater (not Gomer's buddy ... rather, the son-of-a-minister/All-Pro lineman/Cook County Superior Court Judge).
Good call - I totally missed "Duke" as a common nickname.
Re: Nicknames for current players
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:35 pm
by Gary Najman
By the way, did Chris Berman also coinee his own nickname ("Boomer") like Deion Sanders did?
Re: Nicknames for current players
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:09 pm
by Rupert Patrick
Teo wrote:By the way, did Chris Berman also coinee his own nickname ("Boomer") like Deion Sanders did?
I always thought Robin Roberts gave him that nickname when they worked together on the ESPN Prime Time back in the 80's and 90's.