Rocket (nickname)

Rocket or The Rocket is the nickname of:

• Ronnie Baxter (born 1961), English darts player
• Roger Clemens (born 1962), American baseball pitcher
• Raghib Ismail (born 1969), former professional American football and Canadian football player
• Rod Jensen (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer
• Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian tennis player
• Rodney Morris (born 1970), pool player
• Ricky Nattiel (born 1966), American National Football League player
• Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), English snooker player
• Maurice Richard (1921–2000), former ice hockey player
• Hashim Ridha (born 1979), Iraqi former footballer
• Ronny Rosenthal, former soccer player, a.k.a. "Rocket Ronny"
• Robert Sovik (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player

See also

• Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American retired Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Woonsocket Rocket"
• Matt Bonner (born 1980), basketball player, the "Red Rocket"
• Pavel Bure (born 1971), former ice hockey player, the "Russian Rocket"
• Valeri Bure (born 1974), former ice hockey player (brother of Pavel), the "Russian Pocket Rocket"
• Brian Gionta (born 1979), American National Hockey League player, "The Rochester Rocket"
• Henri Richard (born 1936), former ice hockey player (brother of Maurice), the "Pocket Rocket"
• Song Dong-hwan (born 1980), South Korean ice hockey player, the "Korean Rocket"
• Alexander Vladimirovich Panov (born 1975), Russian footballer nicknamed the "Kolpino rocket"
• Terry McDermott (speed skater) (born 1940), American retired speed skater and 1964 Olympic champion, the "Essexville Rocket"
• Ryan Newman (born 1977), NASCAR driver who is referred to as "The Rocket Man"