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Sports Nicknames

We're going to give you 20 sports nicknames and we'd like you to simply tell us the sports figure who is associated with each.

  1. The Bayonne Bleeder
    Chuck Wepner (boxing)

  2. Big Bells
    Walt Bellamy (basketball)

  3. Cyclone
    Storm Davis (baseball) -- also baseball's Denton Young, better known as "Cy" (short for "Cyclone")

  4. Downtown
    Freddy Brown (basketball)

  5. The Flying Finn
    Paavo Nurmi (track & field)

  6. The Galloping Ghost
    Red Grange (football)

  7. The Georgia Peach
    Ty Cobb (baseball)

  8. The Golden Bear
    Jack Nicklaus (golf)

  9. Hightops
    Johnny Unitas (football)

  10. The Ice Maiden
    Chris Evert-Lloyd (tennis)

  11. The Iron Horse
    Lou Gehrig (baseball)

  12. Mad Dog
    Bill Madlock (baseball)

  13. Manster
    Randy White (football)

  14. Muscles
    Ken Rosewall (tennis)

  15. Penguin
    Ron Cey (baseball)

  16. Puff
    Graig Nettles (baseball)

  17. Pre
    Steve Prefontaine (track & field)

  18. Snake
    Ken Stabler (football)

  19. Super Mex
    Lee Trevino (golf)

  20. Whizzer
    Byron White (football/ U.S. Supreme Court)