Mobster nicknames

Friday, January 21, 2011


You may have heard about what is called the biggest Mafia bust in the history Mafia busts. It went down yesterday and it involved nearly 125 mobsters getting arrested, from seven families, including the Gambinos, the Genoveses, the Luccheses, the Bonannos and the Colombos. The most interesting part about it is the nicknames these people went by. The Village Voice Blog brings you The 20 Best Nicknames in the Big Mafia Bust. Here's the top 10:
10. DENNIS DELUCIA, also known as "Fat Dennis," "Little Dennis" and "the Beard"

9. LUIGI MANOCCHIO, also known as "Baby Shacks," "The Old Man," and "the Professor"

8. ANTHONY DURSO, also known as "Baby Fat Larry" and "BFL"

7. GIUSEPPE DESTEFANO, also known as "Pooch"

6. JOHN AZZARELLI, also known as "Johnny Cash"

5. ANDREW RUSSO, also known as "Mush"

4. VINCENT FEBBRARO, also known as "Jimmy Gooch"

3. BENJAMIN CASTELLAZZO, also known as "Benji," "The Claw" and "the Fang"

2. ANTHONY LICATA, also known as "Cheeks," "Anthony Firehawk," "Anthony Nighthawk," "Nighthawk" and "Firehawk"

1. JOHN HARTMANN, also known as "Lumpy," "Fatty" and "Fats"
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2 comentarii:

Immortal Ping said...

slab, la noi sunt mai buni la porecle :))

Anonymous said...

fook yeh.

mafia nicknames FTW

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