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Showing posts with label Elroy Hirsch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elroy Hirsch. Show all posts

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Great Football Nicknames are on Life Support

I'm sorry folks, I am on pre-draft overload. Just about everything that could POSSIBLY be said has already been said - about ten times - regarding every angle of every team's picks so I thought I'd get something else off my chest.

Every year about this time, NFL Network runs a "top 100" show. This year, they had the top 100 of all time and viewing it got me to thinking. Yes, a mind is a terrible thing, especially in MY case sometimes, but where oh WHERE did the cool nicknames go???



"Back in the Day," the NFL had guys like Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, and William "the Refrigerator" Perry.

They had Prime Time - or "Neon" Deion Sanders....so good just one nickname wasn't enough.