Athletes with odd names

[TopCatCal]

Not necessarily UK related, but what are some of the odder names for athletes that you remember? Some of mine are.
Fair Hooker
Jubilee Dunbar
Sonny Sixkiller

 

[jrpross]

3 stick out (no pun intended) in my mind.

Dick Trickle (immediately obvious)

Randy Johnson
Somehow I only realized about a year ago how blatantly hilarious his name was. And what makes it even worse is his nickname: The Big Unit

There was a guy who played for the White Sox in the early 80s by the name of Rusty Kuntz.

 

[musrat59]

There was one I believe was named God Shammgod.

 

[Pulaski Cat Fan]

World B. Free and Baskerville Holmes. Munchie Leggo or however you spell it.

 

[Catzman]

Volleyball friends once enlightened me to a player from Japan named Yoshi Takeshita....

 

[uky8unc5]

Indiana U's Peter Jurkin

 

[BoulderCat]

It may be more clever than odd, but I like the name of Maryland's 5 star freshmen. Diamond Stone.

 

[FredTX]

Not necessarily UK related, but what are some of the odder names for athletes that you remember? Some of mine are.
Fair Hooker
Jubilee Dunbar
Sonny Sixkiller

Back in the early 50s, LSU had a forward whose name I'll never forget. It was Dick Griesedick.

 

[Pulaski Cat Fan]

Porkchop Womack, Truck Robinson, Cornbread Maxwell, Beau Zach Smith lol.

 

[rexcat]

Ha

Meant: Ha Ha Clinton Dix. Free safety for Green Bay. Played at Alabama.

 

[Louis_Skunt]

Peter Jerkin takes the cake. How can parents name a kid this?

 

[Bigblueforever]

Porkchop Womack, Truck Robinson, Cornbread Maxwell, Beau Zach Smith lol.

This one has to be best Cornbread Maxwell.

 

[blubo]

World B. Free and Baskerville Holmes. Munchie Leggo or however you spell it.[/QUOTE
there was a sherlock holmes in the same class i believe. one was from okla and the other from tenn.

 

[Pulaski Cat Fan]

Peter Jerkin takes the cake. How can parents name a kid this?

There was a guy in Somerset, named Jack Simpson. His parents gave him the middle name OFF. Hence the name Jack Off Simpson. True story. I shit you not.

 

[Federal Cat]

Best ones so far Dick Trickle, Yoshi Gotakeashita and Peter Jurkin

 

[Aike]

Secretariat

 

[blubo]

fennis dembo (wyoming?). twin sister fennise. true.

 

[poppycat]

Any name that I can spell and properly pronounce is (odd) rare for me.

 

[rockhound24]

I.M. Hipp - Nebraska TB
JJ Putz- closer/RP
Picabo Street- skiing
Coco Crisp- A's OF
Ron Tugnutt- Hockey player

 

[KYtotheCore]

Cherokee Parks, Kelenna Azubuike

 

[Pulaski Cat Fan]

Chris Gettlefinger, Choo Choo Lee.

 

[Bigkyfan10]

Kosuke FUKuDOme

 

[kyboy1998]

Doesn't Louisville have a guy named anus or something?

Their front court in general is an all name team this year...I just can't remember the names.

 

[darkshadesofblue]

Kevin Pittsnogle - West Virginia
Peanut Whitehead - Louisville (Football)
Jarvis Varnardo - Miss. State

 

[ymmot31]

Dick Trickle sounds like a symptom.

 

[jojohn]

Army guard M. Shit chef skee. crappy guard was his nickname.also known as bobbyknights boot licker and personal pistol shiner.

 

[CatInNC]

Rusty Kuntz, outfielder for the White Sox, Twins and Tigers from 1979 to 1985

 

[TopCatCal]

How about former baseball player Cookie Rojas
And former Florida State football player De'Cody Fagg. Can't imagine the ridicule he has had to endure over that name

 

[OhioDukeFan32]

Duke's Cherokee Parks

Memphis's Baskerville Holmes

 

[Pulaski Cat Fan]

Chubb Small played for Marshall football. There was a guy named Chubby Cox that played for the old Philadelphia Kings.

 

[Smashcat]

Former Morehead BB coach Dick Fick. Poor fellow drank himself to death and died young.

 

[blubo]

Duke's Cherokee Parks

Memphis's Baskerville Holmes

there was also a sherlock holmes in baskerville's class back in the day---don't remember the year (late 80s?). he was listed in street and smith.

 

[FredTX]

Kevin Pittsnogle - West Virginia
Peanut Whitehead - Louisville (Football)
Jarvis Varnardo - Miss.State

Maybe some Murray alum can help me with this one. The Racers had a front court player some 15-20 years ago with an unusual name. He was very good and played in the NBA.

 

[OldEvilleCat]

Popeye Jones maybe?

Speaking of Joneses...Johnny HAM Jones, Johnny LAM Jones, and Johnny JAM Jones all played football for Texas in the late 70's

 

[UKSlim]

Memphis basketball player- Baskerville Holmes.
Nebraska football player- IM Hipp

 

[bradscats]

There have been several guys named Wonderful Terrific Monds. One played baseball in the 90s. One played football recently.

 

[Orville Boggs]

Jack Arute

 

[ORCAT]

Dick Pole, old time major league pitcher.

 

[Catzman]

Any of those 7 footers from Senegal who always seemed to be named Mommadou something. One was Mommadou Diahra and I always heard diarrhea.

Also the ex UCLA forward mbah moute or however it's spelled

 

[wentzel25]

Hingle McCringleberry