# The Coolest Name in World Sport **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 20, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154 "2008-04-20T21:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/21 "2008-04-21T15:01:45Z")
I remain a big fan of Baltimore Ravens defensive back Samari Rolle. I don’t think he measures up to some of these contenders, though. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/22 "2008-04-21T15:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Some football (soccer) players: Stern John, Wagner Love, Danny Invincible. Those three could probably team up as masked superheroes or something. [/QUOTE] Sounds like a gay porno to me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/23 "2008-04-21T16:12:15Z")
If the World’s Strongest Man competition counts, I nominate [Magnus ver Magnusson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Ver_Magn%C3%BAsson). With a name like that, don’t you pretty much _have_ to be the world’s strongest man? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/24 "2008-04-21T16:55:56Z")
My favorite has always been _The Man with the loud name, Tim DeBoom_. He’s an American Ironman triathlete. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/25 "2008-04-21T16:57:49Z")
I present for your consideration Memphis Redbirds baseball legend [Stubby Clapp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clapp): the guy whose name consists of two words you don’t want associated with your penis. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/26 "2008-04-21T17:08:36Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] If the World’s Strongest Man competition counts, I nominate [Magnus ver Magnusson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Ver_Magn%C3%BAsson). With a name like that, don’t you pretty much _have_ to be the world’s strongest man? [/QUOTE] Damn right. I lov ethat name. There’s nothing quite like having “[Satan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_%C5%A0atan)” on the back of a hockey sweater, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/27 "2008-04-21T17:12:53Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Some football (soccer) players: Stern John, Wagner Love, Danny Invincible. Those three could probably team up as masked superheroes or something. [/QUOTE] They could wage war on the Celtic No.10 shirt [Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vennegoor_of_Hesselink). He’s the only player I can think of whose name has to be printed in a tight semi-circle above his squad number. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/28 "2008-04-21T18:23:15Z")
Old wide receiver,Fair Hooker Former Texas kicker Happy Feller ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/29 "2008-04-21T18:32:53Z")
Who doesn’t love a guy named [Boof Bonser](http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player?statsId=7766)? ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/30 "2008-04-21T18:45:22Z")
Just dropped by to mention[Ron Tugnutt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Tugnutt). ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/31 "2008-04-21T19:46:29Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Damn right. I lov ethat name. There’s nothing quite like having “[Satan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_%C5%A0atan)” on the back of a hockey sweater, though. [/QUOTE] I just wish he played for the NJ Devils. ETA: The Devils should just pick him up for jersey sales alone! ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/32 "2008-04-21T22:23:51Z")
I know it’s a nickname, but it seems to have stuck: **Cadillac Williams** ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/33 "2008-04-22T00:41:40Z")
Max Fightmaster. > **[The 9 Manliest Names in the World](https://www.cracked.com/article_14982_the-9-manliest-names-in-world.html)** > > Our culture is full of manly men doing manly things. And those men, invariably, have manly names. John Rambo. John Matrix. John McClane. Hollywood writers know what side their bread's buttered when it comes to first names. > But, then there are those... ---
**Author:** ![Sinek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Sinek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinek)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/34 "2008-04-22T00:50:16Z")
I don’t really follow the sport, but Anna Smashnova stands out as one of the best tennis names ever. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/35 "2008-04-22T05:03:20Z")
Rugby League player [FuiFui MoiMoi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fui_Fui_Moi_Moi) must be right up there. Aside from his melodious name, he qualifies to play in the national teams of Australia, New Zealand _and_ Tonga (as he went to school in New Zealand, was born in Tonga and qualifies for Australia under residency rules). And he has [his own song](http://rugbyleaguelive.com.au/popup.asp?cid=372) (to the tune of ABBA’s “Honey, Honey”). ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/36 "2008-04-22T18:02:20Z")
The Phillies have recently signed or called up (I don’t know where he came from, actually) a guy named T.J. Bohn. Last night I was watching the Phillies play-by-play on [espn.com](http://espn.com) and it would give players’ first initials and last name. His? T Bohn. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/37 "2008-04-22T18:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Tell the truth- if you saw a movie about an all-American, heroic athlete named “LANCE ARMSTRONG,” wouldn’t that strike you as a ridiculous, phony name? Just a little too perfect-sounding to be plausible for such a character? [/QUOTE] Let me guess, in this ridiculous script LANCE ARMSTRONG, ALL-AMERICAN HERO-ATHLETE almost dies from some dread disease, but battles and trains his way back to win the big, foriegn-dominated championship in his sport, and repeats his win consecutively more times than anyone else in the history of the sport. To me the coolest football name is Dexter Manley. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/38 "2008-04-22T21:43:53Z")
From German football: Wolfgang Wolf of Wolfsburg (manager, 1998-2003). From English non-league football: Cliff Hercules. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/39 "2008-04-22T22:52:24Z")
I only know him from browsing the WW in my fantasy baseball league, but I’ve often thought about picking him up just for the coolness of the name… [Angel Pagan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Pagan) ---
**Author:** ![Fat\_Marrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@Fat\_Marrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Marrow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/40 "2008-04-22T23:00:46Z")
My current favourite is New Orleans player Currie Burns > **[Curry Burns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_Burns)** > > Curry Burns (born February 12, 1981) is a former American football safety. > Burns played college football at the University of Louisville and appeared in 74 games with 29 starts. He was part of a defensive secondary that tallied 52 interceptions over three seasons to rank second nationally. He finished his career with 336 tackles, eight interceptions, 16 passes defended, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four blocked kicks. Burns ranks 10th on the school's career-record list in tac... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154.md?page=3)