# Most/least apt sports names

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 3, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-least-apt-sports-names/523519 "2010-01-03T18:04:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-least-apt-sports-names/523519/41 "2010-01-04T21:21:42Z")

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Bob Walk had as unfortunate a name for a pitcher as Grant Balfour.

Cubs pitcher Bill Hands definitely used his.

Browns receiver Mac Speedie was, relatively.

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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:** [January 4, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-least-apt-sports-names/523519/42 "2010-01-04T21:39:49Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> Steve Shields the Hockey goaltender is one of my faves.

I get a chuckle out of Jonathan Quick, particularly when he lets one in.

I was also disappointed not to see a Habs lineup including Belle and Latendresse, which isn’t really apt for the sport, but a funny combo to me (Pretty and Tenderness!)

Steve Ott needs to play for the Ottawa Senators.

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-least-apt-sports-names/523519/43 "2010-01-04T22:58:58Z")

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‘Football’ is pretty much the least apt name for American Football out there. It is, however, very apt for soccer.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-least-apt-sports-names/523519/44 "2010-01-05T08:37:19Z")

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There was a hockey player in the 1960s/70s named Bart Crashley.

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