Favorite football nicknames SU or...

[st_machine]

another thread got me going on this
As a kid i always loved: Sam "Bam" Cunningham
my dad was friends with a guy named "Crazy legs" Hirsch
and a guy named Night train Lane

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Ernie "The Elmira Express" Davis
Keith "Thump" Belton
Marcus "Gator" Clayton
Maynard "Duke" Pettijohn
Shamarko "Sharknado" Thomas
Eric "Fu**ing" Dungey
Becky "Ice Box" O'Shea


For CaliCuse:
Barry "The Touchdown Maker" Baker

 

[blizz]

Steve "Voltron" Ishmael

 

[Pearl309]

Ernie "The Elmira Express" Davis
Keith "Thump" Belton
Marcus "Gator" Clayton
Maynard "Duke" Pettijohn
Shamarko "Sharknado" Thomas
Eric "Fu**ing" Dungey
Becky "Ice Box" O'Shea


For CaliCuse:
Barry "The Touchdown Maker" Baker

Man I miss Cali

 

[kcsu]

Man I miss Cali

Me to. He was the best.

 

[NJCuse97]

Craig “Iron head” Hayward

 

[OrangeXtreme]

My Nut Zach Ertz

 

[Trueblue25]

The King in the North (Dungey)

 

[RandomGuy]

Legion of BOOM

Purple People Eaters

 

[cuse309]

Ben "Winter" Coates.

 

[sutomcat]

Ernie "The Elmira Express" Davis
Keith "Thump" Belton
Marcus "Gator" Clayton
Maynard "Duke" Pettijohn
Shamarko "Sharknado" Thomas
Eric "Fu**ing" Dungey
Becky "Ice Box" O'Shea


For CaliCuse:
Barry "The Touchdown Maker" Baker

Here are a few...

'Lil' Dave Jacobs
Joe "The Ayer Express" Morris
"Buffalo" Bill Hurley
Roger "Hound Dog" Davis
"Big Jim" Nance
"Moose" Daryl Johnston
Qadry "The Missle" Ismail

"Jumbo" Elliott
Lance "Bambi" Alworth

 

[RandomGuy]

Terrance "Pot roast" Knighton

Damon "Snacks" Harrison

"Shady" McCoy

"Beast Mode"

"Amish Rifle"

"Clipboard Jesus". - favorite

"Ron Mexico"

Ed "Too Tall" Jones

 

[kcsu]

The Lackawanna locomotive.

 

[RF2044]

Here are a few...

'Lil' Dave Jacobs
Joe "The Ayer Express" Morris
"Buffalo" Bill Hurley
Roger "Hound Dog" Davis
"Big Jim" Nance
"Moose" Daryl Johnston
Qadry "The Missle" Ismail

"Jumbo" Elliott
Lance "Bambi" Alworth

Ismail's ["The Missle"] my favorite, as well.

 

[RandomGuy]

 

[TexanMark]

My all time Favorite nickname of a Cuse player was for a basketball player. Joel Mareiniss gave Tom Stundis the name "The Braintree Butcher".

Joel Mareiniss, who carved out a 46-year sports media career in Syracuse, has died at 87

 

[StanCuse44]

"Mean" Joe Greene

Randy "The Manster" White (... half man, half monster)

 

[UnknownOrange]

Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

"Saint" Doug Marrone

 

[cuse309]

Craig "The Vanilla Gorilla" Forth

Mike "Silent G" Gbinije

Andy "The Red Rifle" Dalton

Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant

Jake "From State" Fromm

 

[Yegorange]

Since others are posting basketball players also, we can't forget The Pearl.

 

[721Comstock]

I always thought it was funny that "the Rocket" & "the Missle"'s mom was "the Launching Pad".

Not many nicknames that are more fun to shout than "MOOOOOOOOOSE!!!"

But SCOOOOOOP is a close second.

 

[bevosu]

Here are a few...

'Lil' Dave Jacobs
Joe "The Ayer Express" Morris
"Buffalo" Bill Hurley
Roger "Hound Dog" Davis
"Big Jim" Nance
"Moose" Daryl Johnston
Qadry "The Missle" Ismail

"Jumbo" Elliott
Lance "Bambi" Alworth

I remember Bo Nance...no?

 

[NJCuse97]

Sweetness
Chocolate Thunder
Conrad McNasty
Stephen Baker Touchdown Maker
Joe Morris "the Little Engine that could"
Kenny The Snake Stabler
(Sorry in advance, but he didn't get the nickname till the pros I believe) The answer
Karl "The Mailman" Malone

 

[sutomcat]

I remember Bo Nance...no?

Yes, that was another nickname for Jim. He was so big he had two.