Those are fake names. Surely, you knew that.
Hard to say for sure, but probably not. The word crap predates Crapper by some time, although crapper as a toilet does not. It seems like crap->crapper is a logical extension and that there’s no need to invoke Crapper, but I don’t know if it can be proven either way. Working against the theory is that crapper seems to be an Americanism while Crapper was English.
At any rate, even if crapper came from Crapper, it would not invalidate the aptronym, since the root word crap is a sufficent connection.
Grant Balfour, a pitcher for the Oakland A’s, walks an average of one batter every four innings.
Another pitcher, Miami’s Mark Buehrle (pronounced Burly) weighs 245 pounds.
Prince Fielder and his dad, Cecil Fielder, were major league first-basemen.
Paul Blair was a “baul plair” with the Baltimore Orioles.
Mac Speedie was a Utah high school athlete who tied a national high school record with a run in the 120-meter high hurdles of 14.7 seconds. He later played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns in the 1950s.
From another thread on the subject:
Arlen Spector, now that he’s given up the ghost.
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US General Norman Schwarzkopf has a last name that I believe means “blackhead” in German.
My stepfather’s last name was Boozer and he lived up to it. Sadly for me anyway, my mother ended up with that name on her head stone.