Murders’ Row-Parts of the 27(and other years) NY Yankee Line-up.
The Fearsome Foursome-Most notably The LA Rams defensive line of Grier,Lundy,Jones and Olsen.
Air Coryell- San Diego Chargers offense under coach Coryell.
I can think of a bunch more,but will let ya’ll post some first.
*The Steel Curtain *was the nickname of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line.
The Hogs.
The Orange Crush (Denver’s 1970’s defense)
TIL that the rest of the team that gave us The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame also got a nickname.
So what nickname the other 7 less illustrious but still great players got?
The Seven Mules
The Astros’ Killer Bs, who were actually various people over the years.
Horseman Jim Crowley went on to coach at Fordham and built a nationally ranked program. For several years in the 1930s his offensive line was known as The Seven Blocks of Granite. (Vince Lombardi was one in 1936.)
The Purple People Eaters
The Chinese Bandits
The New York Sack Exchange
And a host of hockey lines from the Golden Years of the NHL.
I know the Vikings and Jets.It would help if you say who is who.
Hockey:
The Production Line: Gordie Howe, Sid Abel, and Ted Lindsay of the Red Wings.
the GAG line (for “goal a game”): NY Rangers Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelle,and Vic Hadfield.
NFL: “No Name Defense.” 1971 Miami Dolphis
Baseball: The M&M Boys (Mantle and Maris)
The Bash Brothers (McGwire and Canseco)
The Nasty Boys - Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton, and Randy Myers (and possibly Tim Layana & Tim Birstas depending on who you talk to) from the 1990 Reds bullpen.
The Fab Five - Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson were all part of Michigan’s 1991 recruiting class.
Run TMC - Tim Hardaway, Mitch Ritchmond, and Chris Mullin were the core of the late 80’s/early 90’s Golden State Warriors teams.
The '88/'89-era Detroit Pistons were known as the Bad Boys (Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Salley, Rodman, et al).
Rams Fearsome Foursome: Rosie Grier, Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen and Deacon Jones.
The Chinese Bandits are the LSU defense.
The Dome Patrol–Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughn Johnson, Pat Swilling, aka the greatest linebacker combo in the history of history.
The Indians’ bullpen was The Bullpen Mafia last year, and sort of this year but the pen changed a lot so it was a little awkward.
Smurfs - Redskins receiving corps Of the 80s, subset of the Fun Bunch.
Pacific Sock Exchange: Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell and Matt Williams of the SF Giants.
The Electric Company - the Buffalo Bills offensive line of the mid 70s - they “turned on the Juice”.
The Famous Five - Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond. The forward line of Hibernian FC (Scottish soccer team) in their successful late 40s / early 50s period.
Run TMC: Nellie’s Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin of the GS Warriors.
The Evil Empire: those damned NY Yankees. And now, the free-spending BoSox are considered an Evil Empire too.
EYA: oh wait, those are for the whole teams, so not right for this category.
Kraut line: The Bruins during the 40’s