He was once nicknamed the "marijuana mayor".
Tampa Bay's history has been so bad that the team was once nicknamed the Yuccaneers.
Gone, too, are almost all the oyster and crab houses - this in a place once nicknamed "Crabtown."
The farming of oysters has long been important to Norwalk, which was once nicknamed "Oyster Town."
He was once nicknamed "The Sanchize" during his rookie season because of his importance to the team.
The French once nicknamed him Artichoke Head because of his gravity-defying hair.
He was once nicknamed the Brooklyn Bundler for his ability to round up contributions, one news report said.
This man, whom we had once nicknamed "the philosopher," was someone on whose integrity I would have staked my life.
Once nicknamed the White House, the building hadn't been painted in years and was now a sooty gray.
Neasden was once nicknamed 'the loneliest village in London'.