Most Unique Player Nickname (O/T)

[judsonhamlin]

Wasn't there an outfielder in the 1880's nicknamed "Death to Flying Things"?

[barrysloate]

There was Judd, and I think it was the nickname of Robert Ferguson. Can anyone confirm this?

[Rich Klein]

who ended up being nicknamed Death to Flying Things.

True story about Rusty Kuntz; I was working at Mike Gordon's store when someone came in asking for Rusty Kuntz cards. Thinking THAT had to be a joke; I made a lot of fun at the whole situation until the guy pulled out a business card and he was,....

HIS BROTHER

I never turned so red in my life; and from that point on, I always asked more than just being a smart-aleck

Rich

[Rich Klein]

Some modern names of greatness include:

Shooty Babbitt

Razor Shines

Dick Pole (Not a nickname but a great name)

in Football we had

Happy Feller

Fair Hooker

And the list just keeps on growing!

[Jim VB]

Rich,

Do not forget NASCAR driver Dick Trickle!

[wolfdogg]

Always thought "Soupy" Campbell was pretty cool...............and "Deerfoot" Milan

[yawie99]

I've always liked Arlie Latham's "The Freshest Man on Earth." And Johnny Leonard Roosevelt Martin must've been the Method Man of the Gashouse Gang: "Pepper" and - perhaps my all-time favorite nickname in Sport - "The Wild Horse of the Osage."

[Rich Klein]

Nicknames were not as PC back in these good old days:

Look at all the Heinie's running around

Examples are

Heinie Manush
Heinie Meine

And for the weight conscious amongst us:

Fatty Fothergill

And of course

Slim Sallee

Babe Ruth has his own coterie of nicknames;

Sultan of Swat; Bambino, etc

Lou Gehrig:

The Iron Horse; Buster

And a couple good modern ones that told about the players

"Dirty" Al Gallagher; who wanted to spell out Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher anyway

and

"Sudden" Sam McDowell

More as I think of them

[KNH]

Frank "Wildfire" Schulte - Cubs
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch - Rams
Bill "Spaceman" Lee - Expos
Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell - Celtics

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Some modern names of greatness include:

Shooty Babbitt

Razor Shines

Dick Pole (Not a nickname but a great name)

in Football we had

Happy Feller

Fair Hooker

And the list just keeps on growing!

More football - Buzz Nutter and Dick Shiner

[rhettyeakley]

Judson, you are correct, and that is my favorite all time nickname...

Robert V. "Death to flying things" Ferguson

-Rhett