# Does anybody know P.J. Carlesimo's middle name?

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**Created:** [April 27, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-p-j-carlesimos-middle-name/656859 "2013-04-27T21:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-p-j-carlesimos-middle-name/656859/1 "2013-04-27T21:36:06Z")

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Just wondering. Thought this would be better than GQ.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-p-j-carlesimos-middle-name/656859/2 "2013-04-28T04:09:39Z")

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According to [this article](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147194/2/), it’s John.

[Quote=Sports Illustrated]  
Ruefully, but not pitifully, Peter John Carlesimo repeats that awful word.

Peter Anthony Carlesimo, a first-generation American, was primarily a football coach, notably at the University of Scranton, and then an athletic director, at Scranton and at Fordham. P.J. was his oldest child, but there were nine to follow him.  
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Also, there’s a web page listing the 2008 Oklahoma voter registration of a Peter John Carlesimo whose birthdate is the same as the guy who coached the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2008-09 season.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-p-j-carlesimos-middle-name/656859/3 "2013-04-28T11:41:06Z")

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Thanks! I was expecting something a little more exotic seeing as how he doesn’t tell anyone what it stands for.