Can you name the athletes from their nicknames?

Nickname	Athlete	Sport
Sultan of Swat		Baseball
The Big Hurt		Baseball
Big Mac		Baseball
The Big Unit		Baseball
Charlie Hustle		Baseball
The Crime Dog		Baseball
Dice-K		Baseball
El Duque		Baseball
The Flying Dutchman		Baseball
The Hawk		Baseball
The Iron Horse		Baseball
The Iron Man		Baseball
K-Rod		Baseball
Mad Dog		Baseball
Mr. Cub		Baseball
Mr. October		Baseball
The Rocket		Baseball
The Say Hey Kid		Baseball
The Thrill		Baseball
The Wizard of Oz		Baseball
The Admiral		Basketball
Agent Zero		Basketball
The Answer		Basketball
Basketball Jesus		Basketball
Big Nasty		Basketball
The Black Mamba		Basketball
Chief		Basketball
Diesel		Basketball

Nickname	Athlete	Sport
Dr. J		Basketball
The Dream		Basketball
The Dunking Dutchman		Basketball
Iceman		Basketball
The Mailman		Basketball
Penny		Basketball
The Reign Man		Basketball
The Truth		Basketball
Zeke		Basketball
Boom Boom		Boxing
The Raging Bull		Boxing
Cinderella Man		Boxing
The Executioner		Boxing
The Brown Bomber		Boxing
The Golden Boy		Boxing
Iron Mike		Boxing
The Greatest		Boxing
Marvelous Marvin		Boxing
Pretty Boy		Boxing
Smokin' Joe		Boxing
All Day		Football
Broadway Joe		Football
The Bus		Football
The Fridge		Football
The Juice		Football
Lights Out		Football
The Minister of Defense		Football
Night Train		Football

Nickname	Athlete	Sport
Ocho Cinco		Football
Primetime		Football
The Rocket		Football
Sweetness		Football
Pacman		Football
Mean Joe		Football
The Big Easy		Golf
The Golden Bear		Golf
The Great White Shark		Golf
The King		Golf
Lefty		Golf
The Merry Mex		Golf
El Niño		Golf
The Walrus		Golf
Cat		Hockey
CuJo		Hockey
The Dominator		Hockey
The Finnish Flash		Hockey
Foppa		Hockey
The Great One		Hockey
The Kid		Hockey
The Little Ball of Hate		Hockey
Mr. Hockey		Hockey
The Rocket		Hockey
The Russian Rocket		Hockey
Super Mario		Hockey
The Intimidator		NASCAR
The King		NASCAR

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Athlete Nicknames Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: November 18th, 2008
Category: Sports
Plays: 305,792

Tags: nickname, athlete

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	jdmerkel:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:19 GMT	7 points
	Wasn't Braddock known as gentleman also?

	sammyhain2364:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:20 GMT	14 points
	Nice mixture of the obvious ones and the more obscure. Just enough easy ones to please the casual fan and enough tough ones to satisfy the sports junkies. Great game.

	Kevin:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:27 GMT	10 points
	Ocho Cinco is Chad Johnson's actual legal name now. I did pretty well on this -- couldn't spell Ismail, can't believe I forgot the Chief.

	rondo723:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:33 GMT	8 points
	If I could make a couple big-name basketball suggestions, "The Human Highlight Film" for Dominique Wilkins and "The Round Mound of Rebound" for Sir Charles Barkley. Also, Jason "White Chocolate" Williams comes to mind. But I have to say, this is a fantastic quiz.

	garrett:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:36 GMT	7 points
	I'm quite sure Shawn Kemp was "The Reign Man" and not "The Rain Man." That is why Seattle's (short-lived) ABL team was called "The Seattle Reign". More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Kemp

	Tchaikovsky08:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:42 GMT	8 points
	How about The Big Ticket for KG?

	sammyhain2364:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:59 GMT	6 points
	I could easily see a part 2 and part 3 to this quiz as there's so many more left out there. Could be a fun series of tests.

	DJR53:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 05:15 GMT	5 points
	great quiz! so many more! cant wait for the others

	Adrian:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 05:15 GMT	4 points
	I haven't heard so many of these in so long, i'm impressed I got so many. Great quiz.

	eibmaverick:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 05:38 GMT	6 points
	Adrian Peterson has a nickname? He's been in the NFL all of 1.5 seasons. And the boxer known as Gentleman was, I believe, Jim Corbett, who preceded Braddock by a decade or two.

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	jimpoz:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 05:54 GMT	4 points
	Best nickname ever: Pearce "What's the Use" Chiles

	jism:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:12 GMT	6 points
	Marvin Hagler legally changed his name to "Marvelous Marvin Hagler" a while back now. And there will be another useless fact from me this time next week.

	HeywoodJ:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:48 GMT	7 points
	As an olde-tyme baseball junkie, I loved seeing Honus Wagner in here. You could have an extensive baseball nicknames quiz feauring the like of Tony "Poosh 'em up" Lazzeri, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Mickey "The Commerce Comet" Mantle, Stan "The Donora Greyhound" Musial, etc.....

	DirtyKash:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:32 GMT	5 points
	Awesome quiz. I loved it.

	PJPJO:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:58 GMT	4 points
	While we're on the topic of great nicknames (we are, aren't we?), I nominate 1940s baseball player Hank Arft, known as Bow Wow (say it all together for full affect), and Rod "He Hate Me" Smart, late of the XFL and NFL.

	slw@hwdyk.com:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:40 GMT	7 points
	Excellent quiz. I appreciate that this list is largely devoid of the "T-Mac" and "JWill" nonsense, and instead include real nicknames.

	boston bully:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:42 GMT	9 points
	I am from Boston and I never knew Bird was the Basketball Jesus....go figure

	Kyle:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 13:03 GMT	-1 points
	See. If they would have named the person and then asked for the title, it would have been much easier. I can't spell names very well :/

	mvwald:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 13:37 GMT	10 points
	maybe best quiz ever. though i'm not sure who calls bird "basketball jesus" or bryant "the black mamba". also, MLB's "mad dog" is Bill Madlock. greg maddux is neither mad or a dog.

	chodanutz:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 13:57 GMT	11 points
	Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson should be accepted as well. He's the announcer of the White Sox and invented the batting glove during his playing days

	chodanutz:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:00 GMT	11 points
	Plus, "Hawk" Harrelson is the man behind such classics as "Big Hurt" (Frank Thomas), "Black Jack" Mcdowell, "El Caballo" (Carlos Lee), and "One Dog" (Lance Johnson) among many other great (and some bad) nicknames.

	chodanutz:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:01 GMT	3 points
	P.S. I always thought Adrien Peterson's nickname was "Purple Jesus"

	guyleguy:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:03 GMT	10 points
	I agree with Heywood, Baseball needs its own series of nickname quizzes, because baseball is THE sport for nicknames. Dr. Strangeglove, Little Napoleon, The Meal Ticket, Schnozz, The Beast, Old Tomato Face, Pronk...the list goes one. I would agree that Mad Dog is a bit unfair for Maddux, because there are a bunch of guys nicknamed Mad Dog, and I think "The Professor" is the more common nickname used for Maddux.

	Tim95:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:05 GMT	7 points
	Grat quiz! I suggest adding LeBron "King" James and Clyde "The Glide" Drexler.

	weizenugb:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:16 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz...I bet there are enough others to add an Athlete Nicknames 2 quiz!

	MovieDynamic:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:53 GMT	1 point
	I don't understand why the nicknames are under the athlete column and the actual athlete names are under the nickname column...

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 14:54 GMT	8 points
	I think you missed a big one. "Magic" is not Mr. Johnson's real name. Otherwise, really great quiz.

	donruss:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:04 GMT	5 points
	How about "The Express" for Nolan Ryan and "Big Papi" for David Ortiz? There is always "LT" for Lawrence Taylor and "LT2" for LaDanian Tomlinson and "Superman" for Dwight Howard.

	Bob Remes:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:20 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz. The maddux nickname is in reference to his tendency to go after hitters "like a mad dog," given to him by then teammate Rick Sutcliffe. Looking forward to part II.

	ronnymexico:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:25 GMT	8 points
	Agree with Mark on Bird and Kobe. Bill Simmons seems to be about the only one who calls Larry Bird "Basketball Jesus," while Earl Monroe (also nicknamed "the Pearl") was widely known as "Jesus" and "Black Jesus." Likewise, I think Kobe nicknamed himself the mamba, but it hasn't really caught on other than some members of the media using it to poke fun at him.

	Josh:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:25 GMT	6 points
	While Greg Maddux is, in fact, neither mad nor a dog, I've definitely heard that nickname. I could've sworn I've heard Bert Blyleven called "Flying Dutchman" before, though. Definitely plenty of good nicknames out there for another quiz.

	Matt8204:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:30 GMT	3 points
	70/84. Fun quiz.

	Ben:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:40 GMT	5 points
	#2 is done.. ive included a lot of other ones... MadDog has always been Maddux's nickname as far as I can remember.. I try to keep the ones that are similar like LT out as to not cause confusion.. as for a full on baseball quiz it would be difficult to do now as I used a lot of good ones on this quiz and dont want to repeat them... maybe a few more with a jumble of sports...

	PhilSandifer:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:49 GMT	0 points
	Ben - I'd love to see a few soccer ones. I'll see if I can work a few up and send 'em to you via Sporcle Gods.

	Ben:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 15:53 GMT	2 points
	Phil.. that would be good... I had trouble finding any... thanks!

	Camden:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 16:40 GMT	3 points
	Ahem... I am a HUGE Larry Bird fan but the original "basketball jesus" was NOT Larry Bird. It was Earl "The Pearl" Monroe. I kept typing MONROE in as many times and as many different mis-spellings as I could. "Larry Legend" or "The Hick from French Lick" are much more common nicknames for Larry Bird than "Basketball Jesus." Also, I have NEVER heard anyone call Kobe Bryant the "Black Mamba." Those were the only two I missed outside of hockey.

	Olliebean:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 16:47 GMT	3 points
	I think the column headings are backwards. The Nickname columns are labeled as "Athlete" and the Athlete columns are labeled as "Nickname."

	guyleguy:	Nov 18th, 2008 at 17:05 GMT	1 point
	Ben, there's like 600 baseball ones. I could submit the baseball-only one, if you'd like. It may be hard, though.