# The Coolest Name in World Sport

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/61 "2008-04-27T21:23:47Z")

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I wish [Drungo LaRue Hazewood](http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hazewdr01.shtml) would’ve had a better career with the Baltimore Orioles.

In my youth I liked the Cleveland Indians’ [Joe Lis](http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lisjo01.shtml) , who dubbed himself as “The World’s Quickest Autograph”.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/62 "2008-04-27T23:18:28Z")

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6o+ posts and no mention of Dick Butkus yet? 🙂

All right, he can’t compare with some of the names mentioned so far, but he still deserves to be in the club.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/63 "2008-04-28T02:31:57Z")

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[QUOTE=zamboniracer]

In my youth I liked the Cleveland Indians’ [Joe Lis](http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lisjo01.shtml) , who dubbed himself as “The World’s Quickest Autograph”.  
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Ed Ott was a LITTLE faster.

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**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/64 "2008-04-28T05:07:38Z")

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[QUOTE=winterhawk11]  
6o+ posts and no mention of Dick Butkus yet? 🙂

All right, he can’t compare with some of the names mentioned so far, but he still deserves to be in the club.  
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Post 6.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/65 "2008-04-28T15:17:44Z")

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[QUOTE=dbuzman]  
Post 6.  
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D’oh! :smack:

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-name-in-world-sport/446154/66 "2008-04-29T10:23:19Z")

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[I’m sure Sir Manley Power acquitted himself admirably on the playing fields of Eton.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manley_Power) [Both of them, in fact.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manley_Laurence_Power)

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