So here's what I want to talk about...
We all know of someone (who knows someone's friend's cousin's whatever) who has a ridiculously funny, inappropriate, or weird name. I for one have always been fascinated with how parents choose the names of their children and the 'unexpected' consequences/reactions the kid receives for it growing up.
For example, my brother played football at Eastern Illinois University with a guy named Lucious Seymour. He changed his last name to Seymour after receiving tons of flack for his birth name. I'll let deadspin's post from 2006 do the damage on this one....
I want everyone to post their favorite funny sports name.
Come on people. I need some extra credit here.
well if the whole football thing doesn't work out for him I'm sure he could find a career in porn
ReplyDeleteI read that a dad named his kid Wrigley Fields
ReplyDeleteI like "So Taguchi", because when he makes a play, you can say things like, "that is Soooo Taguchi". hahaha.
ReplyDeletei still like fukudome
ReplyDeleteI don't watch sports enough to know any weird sports names.. but I'm going to go with Fukudome just because the first time I saw it, I definatly sounded it out into four words..
ReplyDeletewell if we are using nichnames how but the Big Unit.
ReplyDeletein the nhl there is always:
ReplyDeleteHaakan Loob
Daren Puppa
Miroslav Satan (with a last name like that you have to play hockey lmao)
Zarley Zalapski
Basil McRae
Ryan Pepperall
Radek Bonk
NFL:
Quentin Jammer
Atari Bigby
Guy Whimper...dudes an offensive linemen lol
T.J. Slaughter
and the infamous "He Hate Me"
Dick Butkus
ReplyDeletemy brother played with a kid named Stormy Knight
ReplyDeleteI still like the name Fukudome and how kids in some schools are not allowed to wear his shirt. haha its just a name!!
ReplyDeleteFriends first name is Kramer which is a little unusual. Got an aunt named Gerdy haha
ReplyDeletelaura k has a friend named ben dover. (bend over)
ReplyDeleteEx-NASCAR driver Dick Trickle...
ReplyDelete--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVOwBu3Msg
Misty Hyman- Olympic Gold Medalist
I think the South Carolina Gamecocks are a pretty funny team name also.
In my hs people had awesome names like Le-a (prounced 'lea' right?) which she insisted was 'la-dash-a'. and the ever infomous la'mongelo and or'rangelo the twins who went to school with my dad... supposedly.
ReplyDeleteI've always been puzzled by D'Brickashaw Ferguson. also, our college hockey team played against alaska anchorage this year and they had a player named "LaFranchise" which amused me when I heard it on the loudspeaker
ReplyDeleteMy cousin and her husband are HUGE Cubs fans. However, my cousin's husband, Jeff, is in the Army, and they both reside in Hawaii right now! Which means, unforutenately they do not get to see any games! But Amy, my cousin just had twins about a week ago, a girl and boy. Amy and Jeff named the girl, Addison Waveland. As in the two streets that meet on the corner of Wrigley Field!! Talk about Chicago Cubs dedication!!
ReplyDeleteSomeone just named their daughter Addison Clark because that's where Wrigley Field is located
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about sports. but i love courtney.
ReplyDeleteoh courtney, i'd do almost anything for you- this is a simple task... how about i leave one every couple hours- let's kick the number1 post's ass! haha
ReplyDeletehope this post helps ya out spears...extra credit is gonna be yours!
ReplyDeletemr. and mrs. diaper
ReplyDeletecrystal chandelier
ReplyDelete=) you guys are awesome.
ReplyDeletewell I honestly can't think of a funny sports names, but I read some of the ones that other people wrote and they're pretty good! Hopefully my post helps you out Courtney!
ReplyDeleteone of my good friend's name is De'Tuan (day-twan)
ReplyDeletehe plays football in college--for a sports connection
i agree with Kat
ReplyDeletekinda sounds like a porn name, that's funny
ReplyDeleteChukie Nwokorie
ReplyDeleteI just think its crazy how people would roll their eyes at some names in sports, but since they are big time athletes it's almost ok that their parents are retarded.
ReplyDeleteDavis
ReplyDeleteHelena
Jade
Kitty
Ima
Bear
ReplyDeleteDixie
Dwayne
Emerson
Forrest
ReplyDeleteLemmy
Lenny
Tatiana
Yuri
Ok, so there was a baseball player for the Cleveland Indians (not sure if he still does?) named Coco Crisp!
ReplyDeleteI also worked with a girl named Amanda Lay. She went by Amy for obvious reasons
ReplyDeleteJohn Pooper.. Not a sports person, but my dad knows a John Pooper- just imagine the jokes that come along with that around junior high.
ReplyDeleteMy friend Bailee DesRocher (great name!) married a guy named Mike Funt. I think she kept her maiden name.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't an athlete. But he is a comedian, so maybe the name is appropriate.
ReplyDeleteSally Rottencrotch
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's name is Addison Clark. . .
ReplyDelete(think Cubs. . .)
I have absolutely nothing witty to add to this post because I seriously cannot watch sports for more than three minutes without falling asleep or spacing out, but I do share a name with a famous Jamaican Cricket player... that has to count for something, right?
ReplyDeleteReally, I'm just hoping you get your extra credit!
I heard of a guy named Richard Head. Not sure if he was into sports or not, but I hope his friends never referred to him as Dick Head.
ReplyDeleteLloyd Bernard Free played basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers back in the late 70's/early 80's. He had his name legally changed to World B. Free.
ReplyDeleteRazor Shines. Major league scrub, minor league supermanager.
ReplyDeleteBooger McFarland. His real name is Anthony, but I had to look that up on Wikipedia. Seriously, the guy is called Booger. Come on.
ReplyDeleteI know a name...Micheal Torris--say it out loud and fast.
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