# Best and worst names in sports

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 18, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867 "2011-04-18T18:43:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867/101 "2011-06-14T17:38:21Z")

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What was that Down Goes Brown joke, about Bobby Ryan and Corey Perry making fun of Ryan Getzlaf for only having one first name?

I also mentally say “Bobby Ryan!” in a voice similar to Will Ferrell’s “Ricky Bobby!” from Talladega Nights.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867/102 "2011-08-02T17:43:02Z")

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I’m reopening this thread because I see the Tampa Bay Bucs have a player named [Stylez G. White](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylez_G._White). Apparently he gave himself that name based on a character from the movie _Teen Wolf_!

I can’t decide if it goes in the best or worst names column.

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**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867/103 "2011-08-03T18:52:40Z")

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Another great name from the Texas Longhorns defensive backfield: Lance Gunn. Two names, two weapons.

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**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867/104 "2011-08-05T06:30:52Z")

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> [@installLSC](#):
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> I was listening to Tigers/Mariners game this weekend where [Charlie Furbush](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Furbush) pitched. Shockingly (or not) Furbush is [clean shaven.](http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Ek5UzTYMRfq/Detroit+Tigers+Photo+Day/BcqNX4LInQs/Charlie+Furbush)

Charlie Furbush was traded for Doug Fister over the weekend. To which Fister’s teammate, David Aardsma, posted [the best athlete tweet in the history of ever:](http://twitter.com/#!/TheDA53/statuses/97379690662211584)

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> There will always be a gaping hole where the Fister was.

Another good one is KC Royals pitcher **Luke Hochevar** , pronounced “Ho-shaver.”

I personally like “Wandy Rodriguez.” I think I’ve been able to say it correctly exactly once without having to back up and fix my R’s. Can’t stop saying “Wandy Wodweeguez.”

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**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867/105 "2011-08-05T17:38:37Z")

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[Razor Shines](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_Shines) is always a favorite of mine because I got to talk to him at a Memphis Chicks game when I was a kid.

Mack Strong was an awesome name for an NFL fullback

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