Can someone tell me why Jack Tatum’s nickname was “The Assassin”?

There have been so many great nicknames over the years we couldn’t narrow them down to just 5 or 10, so we listed all of the best names we could come up with. Let us know if we missed anyone and tell us who’s in your top 5!

Smoke –   Dave Stewart

Round Mount of Rebound –   Charles Barkley

The Assassin –   Jack Tatum (above)

El Guapo –   Rich Garces

Basketball Jesus –   Larry Bird

The Intimidator -   Dale Earnhardt

The Big Unit -   Randy Johnson

Air -   Michael Jordan

The Mailman –   Karl Malone

The Golden Bear –   Jack Nicklaus

The Galloping Ghost –   Red Grange

The Big Hurt -   Frank Thomas

Crazy Legs –   Elroy Hirsch

Charlie Hustle –   Pete Rose

Sweetness –   Walter Payton

The Great One –   Wayne Gretzky

He Hate Me –   Rod Smart

Fat Elvis –   Lance Berkman

The Human Victory Cigar –   Darko Milicic

Greatest of All Time –   Muhammad Ali

The Big Tuna –   Bill Parcels

Pistol Pete –   Pete Maravich

Broadway Joe –   Joe Namath

Mr. October -   Reggie Jackson

The Chosen One -   LeBron James

AK-47 –   Andrei Kirilenko

The Professor -   Grayson Boucher

The Diesel –   Shaquille O’Neal

The Predator –   Don Frye

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