great sports names

[46zilzal]

I like Deuce McAllister although the all time best was Fair Hooker. not a good hooker or bad hooker just fair.

[46zilzal]

forgot another: Peerless Price....sounds like a discount house.

[blind squirrel]

forgot another: Peerless Price....sounds like a discount house.

now wait a minute,"He hate me",one of the great names.

[46zilzal]

now wait a minute,"He hate me",one of the great names.
didn't this guy get picked up by an NFL team later on?

yes he was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Smart

[blind squirrel]

didn't this guy get picked up by an NFL team later on?

yes he was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Smart

yeah,he played for a couple of teams....but,alas,they hated him.

[The Judge]

Yale Larry.

[toetoe]

How about Jacksonville's frontcourt of Artis Gilmore, Pembrooke Burrows(sp.?) and Baskerville Holmes?

ABA: Wes Bialosuknia, Dave Netolicky and Jimmy Hadnot? Jimmy eventually got, as I recall.

[Dan Montilion]

Spider Lockhart

Richmond Flowers

[Valuist]

Dick Pole and Razor Shines

[JustRalph]

Nascar's Dick Trickle

http://moneycard.com/simages/13030.jpg

[OTM Al]

New York City HS Basketball sensation Scientific Mapp

[JPinMaryland]

God Shamgod; played in the Big East I think.

[csperberg]

Dick Bender-Indiana State University Assistant Head Coach

Dick Seaman-Grand Prix driver, killed in 1939

Rusty Kuntz-MLB 79-85

Harry Colon-NFL 91-97

[bigmack]

And the winner is: Baseball player, Coco Krisp

[46zilzal]

And the winner is: Baseball player, Coco Krisp
I always wondered if General Mills was behind that one.

[sq764]

I always thought Milton Bradley was an ironic name.. Think he played for the Dodgers..

I still think Kirby Puckett was a great sports name

[Bubbles]

I'm personally a fan of Saints cornerback Fakhir Brown...

[rastajenk]

Orpheus Roy of the Browns is worth an honorable mention.

[kid4rilla]

Cavs legend: World B. Free

[ponyplayerdotca]

MLB:

Toronto Blue Jays 2-headed 3rd base monster of the early 80's:

RANCE MULLINIKS and GARTH IORG

NFL:

NE/BUF fullback SAM GASH

NHL:

MIN/COL Fwd ANTTI LAAKSONEN (sounds like an upset stomach remedy)

NYI/NYR Def DARIUS KASPARITIS (sounds like a muscle affliction)

NBA:

ORL/NYK Guard ANFRENEE HARDAWAY

[Bathless]

Yale Larry.

If you liked Lary, you must have liked his teammate, Dick "Night Train" Lane.

I always liked Milton Plum and Gail Cogdill, both Lions, I do believe I think they were in an old Phil Foster stand-up routine.

Then there's the legendary Van Lingle Mungo.

I'm getting old. I actually remember a Phil Foster routine. Of course, the fact that I remember it is encouraging. ;) I also remember that Phil wasn't that funny.

[Pace Cap'n]

A guy on our football team in high school: Epluribus Lewis.

[Achilles]

Must these names be recent? If not, see the following link.

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Orval_Overall_1881

[banacek]

I.M. Hipp:)

[bigmack]

A guy on our football team in high school: Epluribus Lewis.
You know, & I know, & the American people know that the above mentioned name was not, has not been, and will not be the name of any actual person known to mankind.

By the way, what was his nick?

[Pace Cap'n]

You know, & I know, & the American people know that the above mentioned name was not, has not been, and will not be the name of any actual person known to mankind.

By the way, what was his nick?

As I live and breathe, that was his name. Don't recall a nick, but we were all mostly on a last-name basis.

[toetoe]

Alas poor driver Dick Seaman. Died too young. A real comer.

[toetoe]

On the Philles at the same time: Bob Boozer and Bobby Wine.

A name that will live in Raiders lore: Preston Riddlehuber.

[dav4463]

I always like the old University of Texas running backs and receivers. They had Ham, Lam, and Jam. Johnny Ham Jones from Hamlin, TX, Johnny Lam Jones from Lampasas, TX, and AJ Jam Jones....Jam from his running style I think.

[dav4463]

NFL: Coy Bacon, Rod Breedlove, Tank Younger, and Pooh Bear Williams.

[Dave Schwartz]

Epluribus Lewis.

I don't think you can make this stuff up.

[Bathless]

Not a name from a major sport, but this girl was a NJ State Champ in track and was a member of an NCAA champion relay team at LSU:

FLIRTITIA HARRIS

What was her mama thinkin?

[ponyplayerdotca]

More of my faves:

JOCKEYS

EARLY FIRES (Veteran Illinois Jockey)

HUBER VILLA-GOMEZ (Current Mountaineer/Tampa Bay Downs Jockey)


MLB

BAKE McBRIDE (Late 70s- Early 80s PHILLIES 1B)


NHL

MOOSE DUPONT (Late 70s Phil. Flyers Def.)


NFL

TURK SCHOENERT (Former Cincinnati Bengals backup QB)

ICKEY WOODS (Former Cincinnati Bengals RB)

GUIDO MERKENS (Former New Orleans Saints QB)

SAGE ROSENFELS (Current NFL QB, HOUSTON?)

CHRIS FUAMATU-MAAFALA (Former PIT./JACK. Fullback)

GARO YEPREMIAN (Former Dolphins' PK)

UWE VON SCHAMANN (Former Dolphins' PK)

PETE STOYANOVICH (Former Dolphins' PK)

OLINDO MARE (Current Dolphins' PK)

ALI HAJI-SHEIKH (Former NYG./WASH. PK)

....more later as I think of them.....

[bigmack]

FLIRTITIA HARRIS

What was her mama thinkin?
I don't know Bath, I find it charming

[The Judge]

Courtney Champion: I think anything with a Champion in it has got to be a winner.

[JPinMaryland]

Niko Noga (NFL)

Mosi Tatupu (NFL)

ANd that Tuieosasupo guy, what was his first?

Sonny Sixkiller (Oregon, college football)

[The Judge]

"Sonny Sixkiller" you got to love it.

[rastajenk]

I had never heard of Boof Bonser before this week.

[Steve 'StatMan']

One of my former coworkers had a first name of Epluribus. Was about 10 years ago. Think his nickname was his initials (maybe E.C., maybe E.P. don't remember anymore), but his name tag and supervisor called him Epluribus.

[bigmack]

"Sonny Sixkiller" you got to love it.
Well if we bring Native American names in it - Sky's the limit.

"Sixkiller" played "The Mean Machine" in the '74 film The Longest Yard