Favorite Pool Player Nickname

jnav447 · Feb 18, 2006

There are a lot of them, but my favorite is "Cornbread Red". It has a rhythmic flow to it, easy to remember and is descriptive of its recipient. It was bestowed upon one Billy Joe Burge in 1957 by a bookie from Pontiac, Michigan who asked Red what was in the paper he was holding. Answer was, of course, "cornbread"; the bookie started calling him cornbread, the story spread, and since he was already called Red, he now became "Cornbread Red". Great nickname for a great player and gambler. Who's your pick?

OldHasBeen · Feb 18, 2006

"Weenie Beenie".

I think the nickname of "Weenie Beenie" is the best I've ever heard of. He had a bunch of street vendors w/carts selling his dogs w/chilli. And they were very good.
Weenie Beenie just passed away in the last few days and will be missed by all that knew him.

TY & GL, OHB

sjm · Feb 18, 2006

Here are ten nicknames that I've always liked:

Larry "Boston shorty" Johnson
Shannon "The Cannon" Daulton
Buddy "The Rifleman" Hall
Vivian "Texas Tornado" Villareal
Grady "The Professor" Matthews
Luther "Wimpy" Lassiter
Glen "Piggy Banks" Rogers
Billy "Cornbread Red" Burge
Jack "Jersey Red" Breit
Ewa "The Striking viking" Laurance

TheConArtist · Feb 18, 2006

Allison's The Duchess Of Doom
Karen's The Irish Invader
Niel's The Terminator
Someguy known here Scratch n Sniff
my favorites.

Gerry · Feb 19, 2006

Pineapple....the guy who taught me to play 9ball.

check this link for more of the guys nicknames where I used to play. i'm in there somewhere

G.

http://www.thebilliardstour.com/dd-players.html

Terry Ardeno · Feb 19, 2006

Johnny "The Velvet Foghorn" Ervolino

titlistsucker · Feb 19, 2006

"wimpy" would be my favorite. low profile but certainly memorable.

mine's "chin chin" among the jap players, which since stucked.. which in jap is a part of the male anatomy..

Cornerman · Feb 19, 2006

jnav447 said:
There are a lot of them, but my favorite is "Cornbread Red".

I know it's corny (oops, pun not intended) but Ewa's nickname, the "Striking Viking" is pretty cool because it's a double entendre.

Fred

Ken_4fun · Feb 19, 2006

Weenie Beenie died?

OldHasBeen said:
I think the nickname of "Weenie Beenie" is the best I've ever heard of. He had a bunch of street vendors w/carts selling his dogs w/chilli. And they were very good.
Weenie Beenie just passed away in the last few days and will be missed by all that knew him.

TY & GL, OHB

I didnt know that. I had the pleasure of watching him play some one pocket at various tourneyments.

His mood was always the same, win or lose.

Regards
Ken

cgriffin5 · Feb 19, 2006

Kid Delicious.

sjm · Feb 19, 2006

Cornerman said:
I know it's corny (oops, pun not intended) but Ewa's nickname, the "Striking Viking" is pretty cool because it's a double entendre.

Fred

Yeah, and if she played with a Viking cue, it would be a triple entendre!

RSB-Refugee · Feb 19, 2006

jnav447 said:
There are a lot of them, but my favorite is "Cornbread Red".

I like all of the natural disaster type nicknames.
Names like,
Earthquake
Huricane
Texas Tornado
Some of the older ones I like are,
Deacon
Meatman
Whimpy
Cowboy
Preacher

Tracy

RSB-Refugee · Feb 19, 2006

sjm said:
Yeah, and if she played with a Viking cue, it would be a triple entendre!

She used to, I don't know what she is using now.

Tracy

Jeff · Feb 19, 2006

Here's a nice list of nicknames used by and given to famous, and not so famous, pool players.

http://www.onepocket.org/Nicknames.htm

BRKNRUN · Feb 19, 2006

I have always liked

Scott Frost - "The Freezer"

and

Let us not forget the newly inducted nick name

"Bar Box Jimmy" Medoza!!!

BRKNRUN · Feb 19, 2006

Jeff said:
Here's a nice list of nicknames used by and given to famous, and not so famous, pool players.

http://www.onepocket.org/Nicknames.htm

I notice that Conway guy has stolen my nickname...What next??? I bet some sax player comes along and calls himself Kenny G......

I especially like the nickname for Mark Tad...

PoolSleuth · Feb 19, 2006

Cornerman said:
I know it's corny (oops, pun not intended) but Ewa's nickname, the "Striking Viking" is pretty cool because it's a double entendre.

Fred

She is still a "Striking Viking" IMO

Cardinal2B · Feb 20, 2006

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titlistsucker

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Cue Author...Sometimes

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