# IMHO, Ed "Too Tall" Jones has the best nickname of all time... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170 "2017-11-20T07:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/1 "2017-11-20T07:54:59Z")
…because why else would it pop up in my thoughts periodically after all of these years? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/2 "2017-11-20T08:23:13Z")
Nah. Edward “Two Sheds” Jackson has him beat. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/3 "2017-11-20T08:25:00Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Nah. > > Edward “Two Sheds” Jackson has him beat. Arthur. _(Sorry)_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/4 "2017-11-20T10:26:54Z")
Billy “White Shoes” Johnson. Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/5 "2017-11-20T10:57:53Z")
Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/6 "2017-11-20T12:07:28Z")
Jim “Two Silhouettes On” Deshaies. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/7 "2017-11-20T12:54:44Z")
Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/8 "2017-11-20T13:11:30Z")
“Gorgeous George” Wagner. Buddy Rogers, “The Nature Boy”. William “The Refrigerator” Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/9 "2017-11-20T13:30:05Z")
“Too Much” Johnson. One version of the film was thought to have been lost, and up until it was found in an archive, what they said was true: you can never have Too Much Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/10 "2017-11-20T13:35:40Z")
“Mean” Joe Greene ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/11 "2017-11-20T13:44:29Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Arthur. > > _(Sorry)_ D’Oh! Of course. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/12 "2017-11-20T13:51:44Z")
[Is Ed “Too Tall” Jones too tall?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIaFOa8szM&app=desktop) ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/13 "2017-11-20T14:40:56Z")
I.M. Hipp, Scientific Map, He Hate Me ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/14 "2017-11-20T14:44:11Z")
I’ve always been partial to the unfortunate Hugh “Losing Pitcher” Mulcahy. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/15 "2017-11-20T15:37:49Z")
“Death to Flying Things”, a nickname so awesome [three players have used it.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_to_Flying_Things) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/16 "2017-11-20T15:38:28Z")
[Bob “Death To Flying Things” Ferguson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)) > [@](#): > > His nickname, “Death to Flying Things”,[3] was derived from his greatness as a defensive player. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Terrific](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tom_terrific/32/342_2.png) [@Tom\_Terrific](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Terrific)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/17 "2017-11-20T16:16:22Z")
I was trying to see if Dick Butkus had a nickname. For non football people (American style) Butkus played for the Bears as a linebacker. He was known for some of the most ferocious tackles ever. He played for 9 seasons and was a pro-bowler for 8 of them. This was in spite of having his knees ruined for the last 4 seasons. Here are the nicknames Google gave me. I really thought the last one was the most descriptive. The Robot of Destruction The Maestro of Mayhem The Enforcer The Animal Dick ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/18 "2017-11-20T16:27:43Z")
There was a boxer with the nickname ‘Bucket of Blood’. I recall they made him change his name to something more appropriate for television. Plenty of boxers with good nicknames, Marco Antonio Barrera was the ‘Baby Faced Assassin’, and Roberto Duran was ‘Hands of Stone’, both quite appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/19 "2017-11-20T16:28:23Z")
Another one is pitcher Antonio “_El Pulpo_ (The Octopus)” Alfonseca, so called since he has six digits on each hand and foot. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/20 "2017-11-20T16:32:23Z")
Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, the only thing anyone remembers about the XFL. Hector “Macho” Camacho. Ian “The Thorpedo” Thorpe. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170.md?page=2)