Nicknamed " The Man of Steal ", he is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner.

Nicknamed " The Hit Man " and " Donnie Baseball ", he played for the New York Yankees during his 14-year playing career.

Nicknamed " Stan the Man ", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection ( tied with Willie Mays ), and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.

George Cowley – Nicknamed " Morris " ( see " A Man Called Quinn " episode ) after the car of the same name ( Gordon Jackson ), founder and head of CI5, and Bodie and Doyle's boss.

Nicknamed " The Man with the Thousand-Watt Stare " and " The Man of a Thousand Deaths ", he specialized in the portrayal of mentally unbalanced characters, including his signature role, the madman Renfield in Tod Browning's 1931 version of Dracula.

Nicknamed Mole Man by the students, he was fired due to his experiments in creating life after being warned off.

Nicknamed " The Solid Man ," Muldoon established himself as champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1880s and over the years gained a remarkable measure of public influence that would continue through his days as a health farm proprietor in Westchester County and his service on NYSAC.

Nicknamed " The Candy Man ," he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Los Angeles Dodgers between 1975 – 1993.

Nicknamed " The Gas Man ," Sneva was an outstanding qualifier, winning the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 three times ( 1977, 1978, 1984 ).

Nicknamed " The Maradona of the Carpathians ", he is considered a hero in his homeland.

Nicknamed the " Doomsday Defense ", they allowed just 1 touchdown in their last 6 games prior to the Super Bowl.

Nicknamed " the Old Gray Lady ", and long regarded within the industry as a national " newspaper of record ", The New York Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes 18 other newspapers including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe.

Nicknamed " The Kid ", " The Splendid Splinter ", " Teddy Ballgame ", " The Thumper " and, because of his hitting prowess, " The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived ", Williams ' career was twice interrupted by service as a U. S. Marine Corps fighter-bomber pilot.

Nicknamed " Winnie ", he was the eldest of eight children born to Dr. George Tryon Harding, Sr. ( 1843 – 1928 ) and Phoebe Elizabeth ( Dickerson ) Harding ( 1843 – 1910 ).

Nicknamed " The Great One ", he has been called " the greatest hockey player ever " by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself.

" Nicknamed " The Thunderer ", the gun had an advertised range of 15 miles ; on this occasion John Schofield declared Krupps ' guns " the greatest peacemakers in the world ".

Nicknamed " The General ", Hird played as a midfielder and half forward, but was often given free rein by former Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy to play wherever he thought necessary.

Nicknamed the " Puffing Billy ", Booth's first petrol-powered, horse-drawn vacuum cleaner relied upon air drawn by a piston pump through a cloth filter.

Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ", Saint-Domingue became the richest colony in the Caribbean before a 1791 slave revolt, which began the Haitian Revolution, led to freedom for the colony's slaves in 1794 and, a decade later, complete independence for the country, which renamed itself Haiti.

Nicknamed " Mr. Clutch ", his silhouette is featured on the NBA's official logo.

Nicknamed " Ol ' Stubblebeard ", Grimes was born in Emerald, Wisconsin.

Nicknamed " the Black Dog of Brocéliande ", du Guesclin fought the English during the Breton War of Succession and was an expert in the guerrilla warfare.

Nicknamed " Mr Arsenal ", he was honoured by Arsenal with a testimonial game against Celtic in May 2002 with many Arsenal legends playing, including Ian Wright, John Lukic and Adams's fellow back four stalwarts, Dixon, Winterburn and Bould.

Nicknamed " Matinee Idol ", Czyz was a member of the United States amateur boxing team whose other members died in the LOT Polish Airlines plane crash in Poland in 1980.

Nicknamed the " Hummingbird Capital of the United States ", bird watchers from all over the world flock to the nearby Ramsey Canyon Preserve and other local canyons to observe and photograph hundreds of different bird species.

* Nicknamed " The Manster ", half man, half monster.

Nicknamed " Forrest's First Fight ", the Battle of Sacramento took place on December 28, 1861.

Nicknamed " The Barbados Demon " Walcott, stood 5 ' 1½ tall, was a formidable fighter who fought from 1890 to 1911.

Nicknamed " Paulie ," he stood over six feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.

Nicknamed El Tornado de Tijuana, he is known for his aggressive fighting style and his iron chin.

Nicknamed The Jet, Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the U. S. He made the transition from point to full-contact karate in 1974 – the year of its inception in the U. S. – frequently fighting in bouts where the rules were ambiguous and contrasts in styles were dramatic.

Nicknamed “ Der Terrier ” for always fighting for every ball as if it were his last, Vogts was a big favourite with his home crowd.

Nicknamed " The Refrigerator " for his gargantuan, almost rhomboid, frame, Perry was and weighed at his peak weight.

Nicknamed " The Blade " because of his height of 6 ft 1 in ( 1. 85 m ) and weight of only 170 lb ( 77 kg ), Belanger was known as a poor hitter.

Nicknamed " The Big Bear " by teammate Joe Gordon for his, 200 lb ( 91 kg ) frame ( actual playing weight between 215 – 200 lb ( 97 – 100 kg )), and " Mexican Mike " by the press, Garcia prepared for the upcoming season during spring training.

Nicknamed " Velvet " Brueghel, " Flower " Brueghel, and " Paradise " Brueghel, of which the latter two were derived from his floral still lifes which were his favored subjects, while the former may refer to the velveteen sheen of his colors or to his habit of wearing velvet.

Nicknamed " The Golden Boy ," De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from James A. Garfield High School.

Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis helped elevate boxing from a nadir in popularity in the post-Jack Dempsey era by establishing a reputation as an honest, hardworking fighter at a time when the sport was dominated by gambling interests.

Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ," Saint-Domingue became the richest and most prosperous French colony in the West Indies, cementing its status as an important port in the Americas for goods and products flowing to and from France and Europe.

Nicknamed " the human camera ", he has gained worldwide notoriety from creating massive panoramic drawings of large cities such as Tokyo, Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London with astounding detail and accuracy after only taking brief helicopter rides over them.

Nicknamed " Benedick ", from his use of the Latin phrase " benedicto, benedicatur " ( the second word sounding like " Benedick Carter ").

Nicknamed " The Mayor of Rush Street ", a reference to Chicago's famous tavern-dominated neighborhood and Caray's well-known taste for Budweiser, illness and age began to drain some of Caray's skills, even in spite of his remarkable recovery from the 1987 stroke.

Nicknamed " the Kid ", Superboy is distinguished from other " Supermen " who appear after the death of Superman by his youth and brash character.

* Lifelong Learning Center: Nicknamed " Media Park Ichikawa ," this center supports learning for everyone from infants to seniors.

Nicknamed Ducky, Henry Norwest was Métis of Cree / French origins from the Hobbema reserve in Alberta.

Nicknamed " Beauty " for his penchant for calling good pitches " beauties ", he played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1915 to 1930, for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins.

Nicknamed " the chameleon " from an early point in his career, Kérékou's motto was " the branch will not break in the arms of the chameleon ".

Nicknamed the " Russian Bear ," " Alexander the Great " and " The Experiment ", he went undefeated in international competition ( spanning from 1987 to 2000 ).

Nicknamed " Spec " for skill at speculation, Spencer Penrose amassed a fortune from mining claims at nearby Cripple Creek, and after a grand tour through Europe's finest hostelries, decided to build one, with no expense spared.

Nicknamed " The Ace ", he moved to US Postal ( which became the now-defunct Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team ) from Team ONCE ( also defunct ) in 2004.

The WG frame & cylinder were then shortened for the. 455 & the variant was adopted in the 1880s as the Webley Mk 1. Webley " WG " Army Model ( a. k. a. Webley Government ) Revolver cal 455 / 476 (. 476 Enfield ) Nicknamed " the British Peacemaker " in the United States, the Mk 1 was manufactured in. 450,. 455 Webley, and. 476 calibre and founded a family of revolvers that were the standard handguns of the British Army, Royal Navy, and British police constabularies from 1887 to 1918.

Nicknamed " Pep ", he played ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants from 1917 through 1926, playing right field almost exclusively.

Nicknamed The King and also The Emperor of Lang Park, Lewis represented Queensland in thirty-one State of Origin games from 1980 to 1991, and was captain for thirty of them.

Nicknamed as " Raging Reporter from Prague ", Kisch was noted for his development of literary reportage and his opposition to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

Nicknamed " The Polish Hammer " and from GKS Tychy youth system, Krzysztof Oliwa was drafted 65th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils.

Nicknamed the " Lion of Gaza ", he reigned from 1884 to 28 December 1895, the day he was made prisoner by Joaquim Mouzinho de Albuquerque in the fortified village of Chaimite.

Nicknamed " The Trembling Lady " because of its tendency to vibrate when large numbers of people walked over it, signs at the entrances warn troops from the nearby Chelsea Barracks to break step while crossing the bridge.