Interesting CFL personnel Nicknames

[Rod Black]

Leo “the Lincoln Locomotive” Lewis. Earl “the Earthquake” Lunsford. “Leo the Lip” Cahill. Bill Baker “the Undertaker”….

[Mark F]

Willie the wisp  flemming.

 

The selkirk milkman

Edited May 12, 2022 by Mark F

[Rod Black]

5 minutes ago, Mark F said:

 

The selkirk milkman

Had to look that one up! Lol

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

Steve "The Baylor Bowling Ball" Beaird.

Beaird was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh round of the 1975 NFL Draft. When he felt like the Cardinals low-balled him with their offer, Beaird instead signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. Twenty minutes after agreeing to sign with Winnipeg general manager Earl Lunsford for "quite a bit more on the signing bonus and a whole lot more on my regular contract" than the St. Louis offer, Beaird got a call from the Cardinals. "They said they were going to give me what I wanted, we think you're worth it," he said. "And I told them, 'No, sir, I gave my word, I can't go back on it. I'm going to Winnipeg.'''
In two seasons with the Blue Bombers, Beaird rushed for 1,367 yards, caught 51 passes for 584 yards, scored 16 touchdowns and had another 1,372 yards in kick and punt returns. A CFL all-star after his second season, Beaird walked away from a three-year contract that would have paid him over $100,000.  (https://baylorbears.com/news/2019/11/15/football-you-can-t-have-one-without-the-other.aspx )

Great player...horrible nicker.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Pete Catan's Ghost

[Mark F]

1 hour ago, Rod Black said:

Had to look that one up! Lol

Just south of the hydro station in east selkirk, there is an house on the river, name on sign is Luning, might be ole Cec!

speed will fill in all details of Cec Luning. Defensive end maybe.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Mark F

[TrueBlue4ever]

Borden Walter “Bud” Korchak was known as “The Golden Toe” and “The Ukrainian Gazelle”. 

[WinnipegGordo]

Kid Dynamite - Gerry James 

Edited May 12, 2022 by WinnipegGordo

[Mark H.]

7 hours ago, Mark F said:

 

The selkirk milkman

The company is called Lakeland today - we get our milk delivered from there.

[MOBomberFan]

Zeke and Destroy

Jay Detain

[roddy315]

Blink.....Charles Roberts 

Thunder and lightning 

Sellers and Roberts

[Noeller]

27 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Zeke and Destroy

Jay Detain

Don't forget Dough Alert! 

[Fatty Liver]

Cory “Poop” Johnson

Craig "Death" Roh

7 hours ago, Mark F said:

Just south of the hydro station in east selkirk, there is an house on the river, name on sign is Luning, might be ole Cec!

speed will fill in all details of Cec Luning. Defensive end maybe.

That's his son's place, they used to have a motor-cross track on that property.

[Mark F]

Smack heroin. 

[bigg jay]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Don't forget Dough Alert! 

Rory definitely came to mind when I saw Jay Detain!

[Mark H.]

Big Bird

[Mark H.]

Kamau Incompleterson

[Rod Black]

3 hours ago, Mark F said:

Smack heroin. 

And Smack err Mack Heron, the western conference nominee, should have won the 1972 Most Outstanding Player Award but the award was gifted to Garney Henley for longevity, much like the robbery from Bryant. 

Edited May 13, 2022 by Rod Black

[SpeedFlex27]

20 hours ago, Mark F said:

 

 

The selkirk milkman

My cousin. Cec Luining. It was actually. "The mad Milkman from Selkirk". That is what Jack Wells used to call him on the radio broadcasts.

[SpeedFlex27]

 

Dave "the Knife" Raimey

 

 

 

Dave Raimey

8 hours ago, Rod Black said:

And Smack err Mack Heron, the western conference nominee, should have won the 1972 Most Outstanding Player Award but the award was gifted to Garney Henley for longevity, much like the robbery from Bryant. 

Smack Heroin. 

11 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Cory “Poop” Johnson

Craig "Death" Roh

That's his son's place, they used to have a motor-cross track on that property.

Cec passed away in 2008, I believe. I don't know his son. 

Edited May 13, 2022 by SpeedFlex27

[SpeedFlex27]

Halfback Darwin "Go Go" Gonnerman.

[Rod Black]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

My cousin. Cec Luining. It was actually. "The mad Milkman from Selkirk". That is what Jack Wells used to call him on the radio broadcasts.

 Cactus Jack referred to Rick Shaw as the only Japanese player in the CFL. 
 

 

[TrueBlue4ever]

Just a few others from my time:

The Birmingham Rifle

The Sheriff of Linden Woods

Bluto

Wild

SWAC

Turtle Man

Flight 87

The Hammer

The Glass Quarterback

The Mayor of Swaggerville

Chuck Diesel

Lambo (or Lamborghini)

Money

Matty Ice

Mini Milt

The Hit Man

 

[bigg jay]

No Troypod?

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Just a few others from my time:

The Birmingham Rifle

The Sheriff of Linden Woods

Bluto

Wild

SWAC

Turtle Man

Flight 87

The Hammer

The Glass Quarterback

The Mayor of Swaggerville

Chuck Diesel

Lambo (or Lamborghini)

Money

Matty Ice

Mini Milt

The Hit Man

 

Please put some names to them, some I've never heard before.

[WBBFanWest]

Kevin "The Intensity" Glenn