After going eighteen straight fights without a loss to start his pro career, ' Quicksilver ' ( his nickname ) was a challenger to Leslie Stewart of Trinidad for the latter's WBA light heavyweight tile in September 1987 in Atlantic City.

This species is now featured on Tobago ’ s environmental posters under the nickname “ Campy ”.

However, the nickname is also factually accurate, as the city ’ s tree coverage percentage is at 36 %, the highest out of all major American cities, and above the national average of 27 %.

* Buffaloes, nickname of the South Africa national Australian rules football team

The King Protea is the National Flower of South Africa and as such lends its name to the national Cricket team, whose nickname is the Proteas.

Cináed mac Ailpín ( Modern Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein ), commonly Anglicised as Kenneth MacAlpin and known in most modern regnal lists as Kenneth I ( 810-13 February 858 ) was king of the Picts and, according to national myth, first king of Scots, earning him the posthumous nickname of An Ferbasach, " The Conqueror ".

It was adopted as a nickname or mascot by a number of South African sports teams, most famously by the national rugby union team.

* A nickname for Sébastien Chabal, a French rugby player for Racing Métro and the France national rugby union team

It also serves as the nickname for the Algeria national football team: " Les Fennecs ".

As the oldest currently operating Canadian broadcaster, and still the largest in terms of national availability of its various networks, the nickname " Mother Corp " and variants thereof are sometimes used in reference to the CBC.

* El Tri or El Tricolor, are the nickname of the Mexico national football team.

Newsweek magazine brought Perpich national attention by bestowing the nickname " Governor Goofy ," crystallizing the combination of affection and resentment his habits elicited.

In 1988 he sang the song " Wij houden van Oranje " (" We love Orange "— Orange being the national color of the Netherlands and also a nickname for the Dutch national soccer team and in general all sport teams ) for the football championships.

The term appears to have achieved national prominence in 1840, when supporters of the American Democratic political party claimed during the 1840 United States presidential election that it stood for " Old Kinderhook ," a nickname for a Democratic presidential candidate, Martin Van Buren, a native of Kinderhook, New York, who was Andrew Jackson's protégé.

* Ghana national football team, whose nickname is " The Black Stars "

* " Div ", a nickname for former South African national rugby union coach Peter de Villiers

By some he was given the nickname O Patriota ( The Patriot ), for his preoccupation with the national identity ; O Desventurado ( The Unfortunate ), because he lost his throne to the Republic ; and O Estudioso or O Bibliófilo ( The Studious or The Bibliophile ) due to his love for Portuguese literature.

Finland's national football team have had the nickname Huuhkajat ( Finnish for Eurasian Eagle-Owls ) ever since.

* The Wallabies, nickname of the Australia national rugby union team

During his tenure in New York, Spellman's considerable national influence in religious and political matters earned his residence the nickname of " the Powerhouse ".

Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, gave the city a nickname " Athens of Finland ".

" With the heavy defeat of the Socialists on the national scale during the 2007 elections, Manuel Valls has taken a prominent position in the party and has been given the nickname of " Le Sarko de la gauche " ( the left wing Sarkozy ).

* Tricolorii, the nickname of the Romania national football team

* La Tricolor, the nickname of the Costa Rica national football team

It was after his national service that Trenet received the nickname that he would retain all his life: " Le Fou chantant " ( The Singing Madman ).

* The Rhinos, also a nickname for the Indonesia national rugby union team

* Adrian Peterson, nickname AD, football player, for " All Day "

* Adalius Thomas, nickname AD, football player

The club's historic nickname is gialloblu ( from the club colors of yellow and blue ) although throughout Italian football the team recognised by most fans as " Gialloblu " are the original team from Verona – " Hellas Verona ".

* " The Cobblers ", a nickname for Northampton Town F. C., English association football club

Hannover 96 ( nickname Die Roten or ' The Reds ') is the local football team that plays in the Bundesliga top division.

It was named after the nickname of the 1938 Duke football team, one of only three NCAA football teams to go the entire season unbeaten, untied, and not scored upon

Mrs. Robert Swanson of West Miami won lifetime passes to Dolphin games when her nickname entry successfully predicted the winner and score of the 1965 football game between Notre Dame and the University of Miami, a scoreless tie.

Giants ' logos include several incarnations of a giant quarterback preparing to throw a football, a lowercase " ny ", and stylized versions of the team nickname.

White was an All-American football halfback for the Colorado Buffaloes of the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he acquired the nickname " Whizzer " from a newspaper columnist.

As a youngster, Ardiles played football in the streets and was given the nickname Pitón ( python ) by his brother because of his snake-like dribbling skills.

Although the nickname " Football War " implies that the conflict was due to a football game, the causes of the war go deeper.

* Sparks, the nickname of the fictional Premiership football team, Earls Park, featured in the British TV series Footballers ' Wives

* nickname for Klaus Augenthaler, a German football player

* The Dubs, nickname for the Gaelic football team of the Dublin GAA

Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948 ), in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish former football manager.

* AdP, a nickname for Adrian Peterson, an American football player for the Minnesota Vikings.

Following the ousting of C Company from the Shankill Road Adair's family and supporters went to Bolton where they garnered the nickname ' Bolton Wanderers ' after the football club of the same name.

*" The Yellow Submarine ", nickname for the Spanish football team Cádiz CF

*" The Yellow Submarines ", nickname for the Spanish football team Villarreal CF

Prior to that team's existence, other early football teams ( such as the Buffalo Bills of the AAFC ) used the nickname, solely due to name recognition, as Bill Cody had no special connection with the city.

He played college football for Michigan State University with the nickname " Stiffie " Stevens.