Brotherly Love Handles: Top Philly sports nicknames

What's in a nickname? That which we call "The Hammer" by any other name would not smell as sweet.

Of course, Dave Schultz would not smell as sweet. Even wordsmith W-Speare would concede that. It's why nicknames work. We brought together a makeshift panel of Daily News sports people who chose the former Flyers enforcer as the Philly guy with the top nickname of all time.

You can find the Top 25 overall Philly nicknames in this package, as well as the top boxing nicknames, top college basketball nicknames, and Ted Silary's top 15 high school monikers.

Enjoy and let us know who we missed and how wrong or right we are in our selections.

TOP 25 PHILLY NICKNAMES

1. Dave "Hammer" Schultz

2. Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins

3. Chuck "Concrete Charlie" Bednarik

4. Wilt "The Stilt" or "Big Dipper" Chamberlain

5. Shane "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Victorino

6. Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins

7. "Smokin' Joe" Frazier

8. Charles "Round Mound of Rebound" or "Sir Charles" Barkley

9. Garry "The Secretary of Defense" Maddox

10. Greg "The Bull" Luzinski

11. Allen "The Answer" Iverson

12. Julius "Dr. J." Erving

13. Ron "Jaws" or "The Polish Rifle" Jaworski

14. Lloyd "World B" Free

15. Jeremiah "Axeman" Trotter

16. Andrew "Boston Strangler" Toney

17. Fred "The Fog" Shero

18. Carlos "Chooch" Ruiz

19.Bob "Hound" Kelly

20. Reggie "The Rifle" Leach

21. Gene "Tinker Bell" Banks

22. Rich "Whitey" Ashburn

23. Steve "Lefty" Carlton

24. Dick "The Little Dictator" Vermeil

25. Willie "Puddinhead" Jones

TOP BOXING NICKNAMES

1. Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins

2. "Smokin' Joe" Frazier

3. Frank "The Animal" Fletcher

4. Eugene "Cyclone" Hart

5. Willie "The Worm" Monroe

TOP COLLEGE BASKETBALL NICKNAMES

1. Gene "Tinker Bell" Banks

2. Bill "Pickles" Kennedy

3. James "Bruiser" Flint

4. Bill "Speedy" Morris

5. Bill "The Owl Without a Vowel" Mlkvy

TOP 15 HIGH SCHOOL NICKNAMES (Last 35 years)

1. Anthony "Hubba Bubba" King - Penn, basketball

2. Derrick "Wiggles" Lanier - Frankford, football

3. Angel "Fuey" Gonzalez - Edison, basketball

4. Tyriuq "Pop Tart" Gordon - University City, football

5. Darin "Munchy" Mason - Mastbaum, basketball

6. Herb "Pitter" Sample - Frankford, football

7. Sam "Wobbles" White, University City, basketball

8. Brian "Sluggo" Fleming - Bonner, football

9. Greg "Grasshopper" Richie - West Philadelphia, baseball

10. Vincent "Ham Head" Mason - University City, basketball

11. Bryant "Sad Eyes" Watson - Franklin, basketball

12. Raymond "Doodles" Sims - Roman, basketball

13. Faron "Meatball" Hand - Franklin Learning Center, basketball

14. *Vincent "School Shirt" Turner - Gratz, football

15. #Greg(s) "East Coast" and 'West Coast" Smith - Germantown, football

*Under Turner's shoulder pads was whatever shirt he'd worn to school that day.

#The Smiths played on the same team. "West Coast" had moved here from California.