Where did the nicknames come from? Willie “The Say Hey Kid” Mays. Willie Mays was one of the most famous baseball players of all time. As a rookie, he would often shout “Say hey over there” to people whose names he did not know. Leroy “Satchel” Paige His feet looked about the size of a small suitcase, or satchel, which is where this baseball player got his nickname. William “The Refrigerator” Perry This football player astonished his teammates on the Chicago Bears with the amount of food he could eat. He weighs well over 300 pounds George Herman “Babe” Ruth The New York Yankees Babe Ruth is one of baseballs all-time legends. As a young boy, he wanted to play baseball with the older neighborhood children. When they wouldnt let him, hed cry—and was called a baby. Eldrick “Tiger” Woods This golf star is named after one of his fathers friends, who was a soldier in Vietnam. Jim “Catfish” Hunter When this Hall of Fame pitcher first joined the major leagues, he told an interviewer that his hobby was fishing for catfish. Julius “Dr. J” Irving When Julius Irving was in high school, a teammate began calling him “the doctor” as a joke. The name stuck with him throughout his professional basketball career.
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