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Mon 20 Mar, 2006 04:22 pm
List any in sports old/new I'm just curious to who they are and how they earned their nickname.
Doctors in sports? Doc Halladay? Dr. J? Where do these nicknames come from? How did they earn it? Where does the term "doctor" come into play when nicknaming players?
"Doc" Holliday was a Georgia ne'er-do-well who allegedly was trained as a dentist, and who, while dying of consumption (probably tuberculosis), joined the Brothers Earp in the petty, nasty little feud which culminated in the celebrated "gunfight at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. I know of no connection of "Doc" Holliday to sports, and can only assume that if there is a sports figure named "Doc Halladay," the moniker derives from emulation.
Julius Irving introduced into professional basketball such a higher level of virtuosity in the movements of the ball-handler, that he left his opponents baffled, and was said to have surgically dissected the defense to arrive at the basket and score. He was called "Dr. J" in tribute to the high degree of skill shown in accomplishing his ends.
glenn (doc) rivers was dubbed the next julius erving when he got to the NBA...
Setanta wrote:"Doc" Holliday was a Georgia ne'er-do-well who allegedly was trained as a dentist, and who, while dying of consumption (probably tuberculosis), joined the Brothers Earp in the petty, nasty little feud which culminated in the celebrated "gunfight at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. I know of no connection of "Doc" Holliday to sports, and can only assume that if there is a sports figure named "Doc Halladay," the moniker derives from emulation.
Are you kidding me? Doc Halladay or Roy Halladay is probably one of the best pitchers to play the game. He's the ace of the Blue Jays
FanGuy wrote:Setanta wrote:"Doc" Holliday was a Georgia ne'er-do-well who allegedly was trained as a dentist, and who, while dying of consumption (probably tuberculosis), joined the Brothers Earp in the petty, nasty little feud which culminated in the celebrated "gunfight at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. I know of no connection of "Doc" Holliday to sports, and can only assume that if there is a sports figure named "Doc Halladay," the moniker derives from emulation.
Are you kidding me? Doc Halladay or Roy Halladay is probably one of the best pitchers to play the game. He's the ace of the Blue Jays
Well if you know your history of 1800s doc you should know today's too.
Not a sports figure. Rap artist Dr. Dre. Probably for the same reason.
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