Greatest Philly Sports Nicknames

We are getting all fired up for the Eagles Championship game this Sunday against the 49ers. All anyone can talk about is that the Birds are back in the Championship game for the 7th time since 2001.  We have ourselves a great team!

It’s Donnie and I’m all jacked up on sports right now that I’m going list crazy! Check out my list of the  Most Hated Athletes.

We have seen some of the greatest players here in Philly and we have ben treated to some great nicknames… Whether the fans created them, the player created it themselves, or somebody else gave it to them, Philly has not at a loss for athletes with cool nicknames.

Let’s take a look at some of the best…

• Freddie Mitchell

  This guy created all of his nicknames and they are all FANTASTIC!!!

  Fred-Ex (he always delivers), First Down Freddie, The People’s Champ, Hollywood, Sultan of Slot, Fast Freddie, Mr. 4th & 26, Move The Chains, Money Mitch.

• Julius Erving

  This nickname has to be at the top of the list. Dr. J!!!

• Dave Schultz

  “The Hammer” is a perfect name for this guy!

• Darryl Dawkins

  “Chocolate Thunder!!!””

• Charles Barkley

  Sir Charles, The Round Mound of Rebound.  Both great nicknames!

• Joel Embiid

  Joel… “The Process…” Embiid!!

• Allen Iverson

  AI. The Answer.  Boom!

• Brian Dawkins

  Weapon X. B-Dawk.  Call him whatever you want, he’s amazing!

• Jeremiah Trotter

  The Axe Man.

• Donovan McNabb

  Easy Nickname.  He just goes by “5”

• Bernard Hopkins

  “The Executioner”

• Wilt Chamberlain

  “The Big Dipper” and “Wilt The Stilt” are both suitable nicknames.

• Ryan Howard

  “The Big Piece”

• Shane Victorino

  This one could be my favorite.  “The Flyin’ Hawaiin”

• Chuck Bednarik

  Concrete Charlie.  Great name!

• Lenny Dykstra

  He went by “Nails” and “The Dude”

• Pat Burrell

  “Pat The Bat”

• Tom Gordon

  Flash Gordon was the man when he was in Philly!

• Cole Hamels

  Ryan Howard created this name for Cole.  “Hollywood”

• Brad Lidge

  “Lights Out” Lidge was a perfect piece to 2008!

• Roy Halladay

  Dude was a complete stud.  “Doc” Halladay made a major impact here in Philly.

• Frank McGraw Jr

  Honestly, I had to look this one up because I really thought “Tug” was his first name.

• Darren Daulton

  My favorite baseball player growing up!!  Who didn’t love “Dutch?”

• Greg Luzinksi

  “The Bull”

• Gary Matthews

  I kinda miss “Sarge” in the booth.

• Pete Rose

  Charlie Hustle was a great nickname for him!

• Mitch Williams

  Wild Thing… You make my heart sing!

• Richie Ashburn

  “Whitey!”

• Jimmy Rollins

  J-Roll!!!!

• Steve Carlton

  His nickname was simple.  “Lefty”

• Carlos Ruiz

  One of the best in Philly sports history.  “Chooch!”

• LeSean McCoy

  Who didn’t love “Shady”

• Jalen Mills

  He dyed his hair green and went by “The Green Goblin”

• Ron Jaworski

  Jaws!

• Reggie White

  The Minister Of Defense

• Nick Foles

  BDN

• Andrew Toney

  The Boston Strangler

• Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Mikael Renberg

  One of the best nicknames for a hockey line ever… The Legion of Doom!

• Joe Frazier

  A boxing icon known as Smokin’ Joe.

• Gary Maddox

  The 7-time Gold Glove Winner earned his nickname “The Secretary of Defense.”

• Lloyd Bernand Free

  The former Sixer loved his nickname so much that he permanently changed his name to “World B. Free”

• Joe Bryant

  Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant’s dad had a great nickname with “Jellybean” Joe Bryant.

• Billy Cunningham

  He could jump out the building so of course his nickname would be “The Kangaroo Kid”

• The Mid-70's Flyers

  The legendary “Broad Street Bullies!”

• Brian Westbrook

  Everyone loved “B-West”

• Ron Hextall

  Every hockey player I feel like puts a “y” on the end of everyone’s name. So “Hexy” works well.

• Larry Anderson

  He goes by his initials. LA

• Scott Hartnell

  Hartsy and Bird Dog.