# Sports figures with appropriate names

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 26, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-figures-with-appropriate-names/951393 "2021-09-26T19:50:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-figures-with-appropriate-names/951393/61 "2021-11-11T00:23:30Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> Last Saturday on the opposing sideline was a placekicker for Tennessee named Cameron Dicker, a.k.a. Dicker the Kicker.

The Indianpolis Colts used to have a punter named Hunter Smith. His nickname was “Hunter the Punter.”

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**Author:** ![ThatCanadianGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ThatCanadianGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatCanadianGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-figures-with-appropriate-names/951393/62 "2021-11-12T19:03:40Z")

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I remember in the late 70s a newspaper having a best joke contest. One guy sent in (I think he was the winner) a bunch of names appropriate for the job they do. For example, the author of “How to Soundproof Your Bathroom” by John Fuller Noyes. Another I remember and related to this thread was, Jack Strop, the NFL’s number one ball carrier.

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