# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/21 "2017-11-20T16:48:54Z")
Dick “Night Train” Lane and Magic Johnson are the two best sports nicknames ever. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/22 "2017-11-20T16:59:43Z")
“Too Tall” is a good one, but Babe Ruth’s [constellation of nicknames](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdLkYcnml4s) might be near the top by virtue of sheer volume. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/23 "2017-11-20T18:36:29Z")
Too many good ones: > **[The Most Creative Mafia Nicknames](https://www.ranker.com/list/mafia-nicknames/amylindorff)** > > When it comes to funny nicknames, the mafia has it covered. These are the best mafia nicknames (which basically means the funniest mafia nicknames) around! As far as mafia names and mob names, sometimes Joey or even just Salvatore simply won't do.... And I did not even see Vincent “Chin” Gigante on the list. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/24 "2017-11-20T18:50:07Z")
Not his nickname, but there’s an MLB relief pitcher named Antonio Bastardo. I like to think that if he were on the Sopranos, he’d be called Tony the Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/25 "2017-11-20T18:51:58Z")
Outside the sports arena, the US Civil War featured some doozies. Winfield Scott Hancock – **the Superb** (now that’s a desirable nicjkname!) Benjamin Butler – **Beast** , also **Spoons** (a reference to his alleged theft of property while occupying New Orleans) Francis Barlow – **Dogberry** Thomas J. Jackson – **Stonewall** (may or may not have been derisive; allegedly General Bee either praised him for steadiness or damned him for not coming to his aid at First Bull Run/Manassas) Judson Kilpatrick – **Kill Cavalry** (definitely a criticism - he was a cavalry commander) Robert E. Lee – **Evacuating Granny** (after an unpromising start commanding troops), **King of Spades** ; later **Marse Robert** William Smith – **Extra Billy** (allegedly from an ability to persuade people to pay extra fees in his prewar position) Winfield Scott – **Old Fuss and Feathers** (the person Hancock was named after) George B. McClellan – **Little Mac** , **the Virginia Creeper** U. S. Grant – **Unconditional Surrender** Nathan G. Evans – **Shanks** Nathaniel Banks – **Commissary** (for having his supply trains famously captured) George Thomas – **Old Slow Trot** , **the Rock of Chickamauga** ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/26 "2017-11-20T22:08:45Z")
Ed lived up to his name. 6 ft 9 in., I remember many Cowboys games that he swatted down passes. He had been coached to get his hands up high in the air during the play. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/27 "2017-11-20T22:33:55Z")
“Dr. Death” Steve Williams “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/28 "2017-11-21T00:41:29Z")
I forgot Walter Payton. “Sweetness.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/29 "2017-11-21T01:04:51Z")
Hollywood Henderson ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/30 "2017-11-21T01:48:41Z")
Boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini killed a guy in the ring (Duk Koo Kim). Warren Zevon wrote a song about him. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/31 "2017-11-21T02:09:30Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > “Gorgeous George” Wagner. > > Buddy Rogers, “The Nature Boy”. > > William “The Refrigerator” Perry. Perry was called “Biscuit” by his teammates because he was one biscuit short of 300 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/32 "2017-11-21T02:56:35Z")
(Keith) Moon “The Loon” – if that ain’t an apt nickname, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/33 "2017-11-21T11:12:24Z")
A couple from the British Isles are worth mentioning: Keith Wood, the Irish Rugby Union hooker, was apparently known as “The Raging Potato”, for his aggressive playing style and completely bald head. But my favourite is former footballer Fitz Hall, who was christened “One Size” by fans. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/34 "2017-11-21T19:22:43Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Outside the sports arena, the US Civil War featured some doozies. And to bring it full circle… Abner Doubleday was the #2 man at Ft. Sumter when it was attacked. Doubleday’s nickname among the troops was “Old 48 Hours” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/35 "2017-11-21T19:47:15Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Outside the sports arena, the US Civil War featured some doozies. I’ve always been puzzled by Confederate General James Longstreet, whose nickname, mysteriously, was “Old Pete.” ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/36 "2017-11-21T20:54:18Z")
Legendary Pirate King Eric “The” Brown ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/37 "2017-11-21T21:43:16Z")
Maurice “The Rocket” Richard’s younger, smaller brother is Henri “The Pocket Rocket” Richard. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/38 "2017-11-22T01:57:41Z")
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/39 "2017-11-22T04:15:44Z")
Josias Manzanillo had a long career as an MLB pitcher. In 2007, he took a line drive to the croth, and, not wearing a cup, suffered a ruptured testicle that had to be removed. His teammates started calling him "Half a Man"zanillo. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-ed-too-tall-jones-has-the-best-nickname-of-all-time/802170/40 "2017-11-22T05:18:39Z")
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