There was an infielder for the Yankees and Athletics named Mickey Klutts. The Phillies, Braves and Pirates had a pitcher named Bob Walk.
There’s a famous German football (soccer) player by the name of Philipp Lahm. Lahm means “lame” in German.
I always liked that Jeff Feagles was a Punter for the Philadelphia Eagles. Back in the days when I played Madden Football and obscure and or generic players were simply referred to by number and team name, e.g. “#80 Bears”, seeing “#18 Feagles” always seemed like an odd typo.
Michigan State had a quarterback named Jeff Smoker.
Not apt enough for ya? How about taking into consideration that he was suspended for five games with a substance abuse problem.
There was also a hockey player named Radek Bonk.
Another thread was done on this very question sometime ago on the occasion of someone named Bolt being the fastest man on earth. I came in to nominate Turkish goalie Volkan Demirel, or Volcano Ironfist, for a special lifetime achievement award in name awesomeness.
NASCAR had another Speed, Lake Speed, back in the 1980s and 90s. No relation.
I always thought Rollie Fingers was a great name for a pitcher. Don’t they have rolling fingers?
Relief pitcher Blas Minor was constantly being sent down to the minors during his career with the Pirates, Mets, Mariners, and Astros.
Tiger Woods–both for wood golf clubs and “woodies.”
In a similar thread to this one a year and a half or so ago, I learned that for a while, a man named Wolfgang Wolf was the manager of a German football club called the Wolfsburg Wolves.
The fact that I read this after winding down with a glass or two of wine after an exhausting, 3-1/2 hour traffic-jam filled car ride (to go about 90 miles) to get to Great Wolf Lodge, where my family was staying in a room classified as a “Wolf Den” decorated with pictures of wolves and wolf paw prints… Made me crack up nearly uncontrollably.
The Bengals’ #85, Chad Ochocinco, probably shouldn’t count, right?
I think that Volcano Ironfist will need to be the name of my next D&D character. 
There aren’t many grizzlies around Memphis, Tennessee.
Usain Bolt is pretty good name for a Sprinter.
Joe Theisman had a good name for someone that was promoted for the Heisman trophy at Notre Dame. IIRC, his family pronounced his name THEES-man, but Joe changed the pronounciation when he went to Notre Dame.
I think players who’ve actually changed their names (like Ochocinco or World B. Free) don’t count, no.
The Patriots quarterback who was injured by a hit, causing him to bleed out and nearly die (paving the way for Tom Brady) was Drew Bledsoe.
Bob Petit always struck me as an inappropriate name for a 6’9" basketball player.
The one time a team relocation actually improved its name may have been when the NBA’s Fort Wayne Pistons moved to Detroit.
In the early part of Vince Lombardi’s tenure with the Packers, their center / quarterback tandem was:
Ringo Starr. (Center Jim Ringo, quarterback Bart Starr.)
However, just as the Beatles were becoming huge in the States, Lombardi broke up the band, trading Ringo to the Eagles.
Back in the Seventies, I remember…
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The Jets had a mediocre head coach named Charlie Winner (he was Weeb Ewbank’s son-in-law).
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The Brewers had a mediocre pitcher named Billy Champion (he wasn’t).