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Mixed Sports Nicknames

written by: billstar
 
See if you can recognize these players from Major League baseball, NFL football, NBA basketball, and NHL hockey.

Question 1:


This college basketball coach won seven straight National Championships between 1967 and 1973. Four times his teams went 30 - 0 and, during a stretch between 1971 and 1974, his team won 88 straight games. He was known as 'The Wizard of Westwood".
Larry Brown
John Wooden
Dean Smith
Bobby Knight

Question 2:


This player, known as "Chocolate Thunder", was the first to jump right from high school to the NBA.
Marvin Webster
Darryl Dawkins
Bob McAdoo
Moses Malone

Question 3:


This two-time MVP player, known as "The Mailman", was selected in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Bill Cartright
Karl Malone
Bernard King
Larry Bird

Question 4:


This NHL player, known as "Boom Boom", was credited with popularizing the slap shot. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.
Frank Mahavolich
Bernie Geoffrion
Rod Gilbert
Bobby Hull

Question 5:


These NHL relatives were known as the "Rocket" and the "Pocket Rocket".
Bobby and Brett Hull
Maurice and Henri Richard
Frank and Peter Mahavolich
Brent and Brian Sutter

Question 6:


This NHL goalie won the Rookie of the Year in 1952 with the New York Rangers. Known as "Gump", he was one of the last goalies to play the position without a mask.
Glenn Hall
Terry Sawchuck
Johnny Bower
Lorne Worsley

Question 7:


Which of the following statements about Major League baseball player "Marvellous" Marv Throneberry is false?
He appeared in a World Series game with the New York Yankees.
He was chosen by the Mets in the 1961 Expansion Draft.
He was the first sportsman to appear in a Miller Lite beer commercial.
He was part of a trade package in which the Yankees acquired Roger Maris.

Question 8:


This switch hitter, known as the "Commerce Comet", was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
Ken Singleton
Bobby Murcer
Eddie Murray
Mickey Mantle

Question 9:


This first baseman, known as "Stretch", played 22 seasons of Major League baseball.
Cecil Fielder
Lou Whittaker
Willie McCovey
Jim Gentile

Question 10:


This former NFL player, nicknamed "Mad Stork", stood 6'7" and weighed 220 lbs. He began his playing career with the Baltimore Colts in 1969 – 1970.
Gino Marchetti
Larry Little
Ed Jones
Ted Hendricks

Question 11:


This NFL defensive back, called "Night Train", began his career in 1952 and led the league in interceptions as a rookie. He was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
Bobby Layne
Dick Lane
Ronnie Lott
Dick Patton

Question 12:


This football player, known as "Sweetness", spent his entire 13-year career with the same NFL team. He ran for 275 yards in a game in 1977 and is one of the few players to run for, throw for, and catch a touchdown pass in the same game.
Jim Brown
John Riggins
Walter Payton
Otis Anderson

 
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