Best nicknames

[OrangeAl]

Tom Stundis, "The Braintree Butcher."

 

[OHIORANGES]

Rocket Man

 

[OHIORANGES]

The Coneheads

 

[Eric15]

Orange Janulis

Holy crap how was I today years old when I heard that for the first time.

 

[Eric15]

It wasn't necessarily a nickname, but Carl Eilenberg saying "the Pride of Scranton PA" always fired me up during starting lineups. Back in the good old days before Mr. Excitement felt the need to recite each players full Wikipedia article.

 

[cuseincincy]

Fabricio di Melo. I think.

Thats kinda stretching it but I guess then Joe Girard, Raf Addison, Frank Howard and Wes Johnson were all nicknames too?

 

[miamicuse]

Philly Cheese. When Dion was still with the Miami Heat they used to say "All You Can Heat Philly Cheese".

 

[kcsu]

Rock Loyd

 

[moqui]

i recall some users calling craig forth "mummy" because of how stiffly he moved

 

[moqui]

and once again it was OttoinGrotto who tagged chukwu as groot