The best nicknames

[ColchesterFC]

With all the unimaginative nicknames around, especially the ones where adding a Y to the end of a name seem to be most popular (Giggsy for example) it got me thinking about the best nicknames in sport.

My two personal favourites are the rugby player Billy Twelvetrees who is known as 36 (for anyone that hasn't heard this before it's because his captain at Leicester was Irish and with an Irish accent it sounds like Twelve threes) and also footballer Fitz Hall who is known as "One size".

Any other good ones out there?

 

[blackpuddinmonster]

I know what you've been reading to-day.
Your secrets safe with me.

Don't let HK know.

 

[DappaDonDave]

We nicknamed a lad at school Seymour as he had a look of Seymour Butts

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Children can be so cruel.
One of my boyhood friends was called William Campbell and was known as Boggs for most of his teenage years.
I blame the parents.

 

[Captainron]

Gironkey. Giraffe cross Donkey. Tall and slow in the outfield I was

 

[gripitripit]

Maintenance chap at work years ago was called "Swe" as he only did half a job....(Sweep)

 

[Imurg]

We have a guy at the club who we call Cobweb - he moves so slowly the spiders have time..
At school my History teacher was nicknamed Bilge, Mr Leighton-Jones with the initials B, I...and a Maths teacher call Zapp as he looked like he'd been plugged into the mains..

 

[Slime]

The great Man Utd & England footballer Bryan Robson became quite injury prone towards the end of his career, to the point where he became known as 'Tampax'.








In for one week, out for three!

Slime.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Mate of mine use to suffer bad acne, hence Clumsy bee keeper.

 

[markgs]

one of the boys was nicknamed quichie as he was so ugly he looked like one, kids are so nasty. I must admit i chuckle when i think of that now but when we were young it did not seem like a nasty thing but it is really.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I have it on good authority from a friend who is on tour that Jiminez isn't the best payer when it comes to his caddy so has the nickname Crime (doesn't pay)

 

[JCW]

I drove Trains for over 30 years and Retired this year at 54 , we had a guy at work who was a Trainee and never did much work as he was pretty useless but you had to take him with you ...........He got the nickname .HANDBAG , why ? because everyone carried him around , now he is a full time driver for EWS so he is known now as Mr Bag .................EYG

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Had a work colleague called Fireguard - as in Chocolate Fireguard.

 

[JCW]

The best one I ever heard at work was a Intercity Driver working with me , his nickname was called depth charge .............................................as he was always looking for a sub at the end of the month ..............EYG

 

[SocketRocket]

I drove Trains for over 30 years and Retired this year at 54 , we had a guy at work who was a Trainee and never did much work as he was pretty useless but you had to take him with you ...........He got the nickname .HANDBAG , why ? because everyone carried him around , now he is a full time driver for EWS so he is known now as Mr Bag .................EYG

Retired at 54! Didn't they have any work for you?

 

[LanDog]

My nickname was/is Carlos because I look Mexican (tanner the the average Irish guy) also resemble Carlos in Desperate Housewives apparently

 

[JCW]

Retired at 54! Didn't they have any work for you?

Plenty of work , I packed it in after my 2nd jumper , she was 18 ............got up one morning and did not want it any more , how I missed her at 110 mph I will never know ...................EYG

 

[D4RK1]

We call a lad boomerang. No matter how hard we try, we can't get rid of him.
theres also 2 tot. Gets drunk easily.
Tom Thumb. No explanation needed.
Trigger, everyone knows at least one.
cheese, always had cheese sarnies at school.
Sweat machine, given to my best pal by his missus haha
willow (remember the film) my mates not too tall and always needs a haircut.
Sloth, or froggy. Not the best looker in the football team.
Chocolate Trevor. Every Friday he'd bring loads of sweets in to work for folk to buy. Dirt cheap.
My nickname ranges from chewy, cus I'm a big hairy animal, to all sorts of derogatory terms. It's all in good jest and apart from sloth nobody seems to mind

 

[Khamelion]

Plenty of work , I packed it in after my 2nd jumper , she was 18 ............got up one morning and did not want it any more , how I missed her at 110 mph I will never know ...................EYG

Surely you didn't miss her, she missed you, I mean you're on a train, not as if you could steer out the way, and braking wouldn't be an option either. Anyhoo, I feel for you being the driver of a train when someone wants to end it, nowt you can do.

Back onto topic, there's a guy at my dads club nicknamed Rigor as in Rigor mortis, as he takes upwards of 20secs when at address before he swings and I have heard someone being called Thrush, because he's an irritating .............

 

[JCW]

Surely you didn't miss her, she missed you, I mean you're on a train, not as if you could steer out the way, and braking wouldn't be an option either. Anyhoo, I feel for you being the driver of a train when someone wants to end it, nowt you can do.

Back onto topic, there's a guy at my dads club nicknamed Rigor as in Rigor mortis, as he takes upwards of 20secs when at address before he swings and I have heard someone being called Thrush, because he's an irritating .............

1st one was aug 2009 , that was not a miss .

Fingers is another , no need to explain

thrush .................again no need

Jackanory ...............

Tales of the riverbank .............