# What's the weirdest or funniest name in sports? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503 "2009-10-20T17:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/101 "2009-10-22T23:59:47Z")
Who was the guy in World Cup finals that head butted someone a few years ago? Z something? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/102 "2009-10-23T00:07:41Z")
[Zinedine Zidane](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjWi663kXc&feature=PlayList&p=064DAA3D169929BB&index=0&playnext=1). (link goes to headbutt videos) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/103 "2009-10-23T00:14:25Z")
[Lafester Rhodes](http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/cf-archive-bin/17625-centennial-moments-lafester-rhodes.html) scored 54 points for Iowa State against Iowa one night in 1987, despite sounding like a character from _The Addams Family_. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/104 "2009-10-23T00:25:04Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > How could I forget Fuamatu-Ma’afala! That was a beaut. > > Okay so then we can have Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada FAKE to Obafemi Ayenbadejo, then pitch it Chris Fumatu-Ma’afala to who will then run behind the block of Corey Lekkerkerker. > > If we can go back in time a bit, we can even have him get tackled by Manu Tuiasosopo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/105 "2009-10-23T00:42:10Z")
From the NASCAR world we have the former driver, now commentator - Wally Dallenbach and current driver AJ Allmendinger. There’s an ESPN sports commentator with an alliterative name that’s escaping me at the moment… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/106 "2009-10-23T01:24:32Z")
Former Morehead State University basketball coach Dick Fick. His antics during games led Jim Valvano to create the “Dick Fick Award” on ESPN for the college basketball coach with the most outrageous sideline behavior each week. Both Valvano and Fick have since died. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/107 "2009-10-23T01:48:47Z")
I’m gonna nominate [Jamaal Fudge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaal_Fudge), a safety for the Atlanta Falcons. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/108 "2009-10-23T14:28:12Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Former Morehead State University basketball coach Dick Fick. His antics during games led Jim Valvano to create the “Dick Fick Award” on ESPN for the college basketball coach with the most outrageous sideline behavior each week. Both Valvano and Fick have since died. So, all apologies to the Fick family notwithstanding, would you say Dick Fick is now a stiff? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/109 "2009-10-23T14:44:12Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I always thought that Lawyer Milloy, the football player, even though he was great, probably had very disapointed parents. I like to imagine that they had a younger son - Linebacker Milloy - who went on to become a lawyer. Lawyer Milloy is only 35 (and still playing), so if he’s got any lawyer kids they’re serious prodigies. Also, he’s a safety, though I agree Linebacker Milloy sounds better than Safety Milloy. The NFL is a fount of funny names. Brothers Champ and Boss Bailey spring to mind, as does Priest Holmes. Craphonso Thorpe has been mentioned already. > [@](#): > > T.J. Houshmandzadeh ties that, but Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie beats it with 16 letters and a hyphen (17 characters). How about Patriots tailback BenJarvus Green-Ellis? Not that many letters, but he’s got four names. Four! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/110 "2009-10-23T16:29:00Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Time is rapidly running out for Miroslav Satan to have at least part of his career be playing for the New Jersey Devils Likewise, I could never figure out why Billy Brewer never played for Milwaukee’s baseball team… > [@lieu](#): > > Where’s Oil Can Boyd when you need him? Not to worry, the Red Sox have a clone of his coming up their system called Stolmy Pimentel. And we can’t forget Van Lingle Mungo, 50’s baseball player… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/111 "2009-10-23T16:46:11Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > In addition to the previously mentioned Wonderful Monds of the New Haven Ravens, I’d want to stock my minor league team with Clyde Clay “Porkchop” Pough of the Trenton Red Sox. There’s also NFL offensive guard Floyd Pork Chop Womack, late of the Seattle Seahawks. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/112 "2009-10-28T16:13:15Z")
Spurgon Wynn, who ineptly quarterback the Browns, Vikings and a CFL team (I think) earlier this decade. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/113 "2009-10-28T20:57:52Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Yeah, I don’t get that. There’s one named Kaká. Caca is Spanish for “shit.” 😕 > > \*And yes, I know that Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Kaka and Fred will be joined on the Brazilian national team on November 14th for a friendly against England by a striker from FC Porto named Hulk. (Of course, none of those are their real names, so they don’t really count). My recent favorite is Wheaton King of the Brandon Wheat Kings. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/114 "2009-10-28T23:15:02Z")
> [@TheBoltEater](#): > > My recent favorite is Wheaton King of the Brandon Wheat Kings. Reminds me of [Dave Philley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Philley), who was one of the Phillies from 1958-60. He also played for the Athletics when that American League team was based in Philly. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/115 "2013-06-14T17:08:27Z")
Resurrecting this one b/c I just read an article that outlined the worst coaches of all time and the list included **Rod Rust**. I dunno, I’m gonna go ahead and guess that if my name was Rodney Rust, I’d do whatever I could NOT to be known as “Rod.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/116 "2013-06-14T17:51:18Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Also a DB back in the 70s or 80s named “Fair Hooker” On _Monday Night Football_, Don Meredith said he never met one yet. \*nitpick: Hooker was a wide receiver. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/117 "2013-06-14T18:03:20Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > [Pete LaCock](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/pete_lacock_autograph.jpg) I remember Pete LaCock. His father is _Hollywood Squares_ game show host Peter Marshall, who was born Ralph Pierre LaCock. Also, since this thread was originally made, Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Antonio Bastardo. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/118 "2013-06-17T14:10:03Z")
117 posts and this hasn’t been mentioned? Abbott: Well Costello, I’m going to New York with you. You know, Bucky Harris, the Yank’s manager gave me a job as coach for as long as you’re on the team. Costello: Look Abbott, if you’re the coach, you must know all the players. Abbott: Right, certainly do. Costello: Well, I never met the guys, so you’ll have to tell me their names, and then I’ll know who’s playing on the team. Abbott: Oh, I’ll tell you their names, but you know strange as it may seem, they give these ball players now a days, very peculiar names. Costello: You mean funny names? Abbott: Strange names, pet names. Like, Dizzy Dean, and… Costello: His brother Daffy? Abbott: Daffy Dean. Costello: And their French cousin. Abbott: French? Costello: Goofe’. Abbott: Goofe’ Dean, oh I see! Well let’s see, we have on the bags, we have Who’s on first, What’s on second, and I Don’t Know is on third. Costello: That’s what I want to find out. The rest is here: [http://www.cranberryleague.com/Who1st/Who1sts.htm](http://www.cranberryleague.com/Who1st/Who1sts.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Molesworth\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503/119 "2013-06-23T14:37:50Z")
No love for Fuifui Moimoi (pronounced Phooey phooey Moy moy) of the Parramatta Eels? > **[Fuifui Moimoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuifui_Moimoi)** > > Fuifui Moana Moimoi (born 26 September 1979)\[note 1\] is a rugby league footballer who plays as a prop. > He most notably played for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL) from 2004 to 2014, in addition to playing for Leigh Centurions in the RFL Championship from 2015 to 2016 and for Toronto Wolfpack in League 1 in 2017, Workington Town and Rochdale Hornets. A New Zealand and Tonga international representative forward, Moimoi made over 200 NRL appearances for Parramatta where he a... Also, any gigantic lineman in US football whose parents saw fit to call their infant “Bubba”. However, the funniest name ever was referred to in a famous letter in 1943: > [@](#): > > H.M. EMBASSY > MOSCOW > > Lord Pembroke > The Foreign Office > London > > 6th April 1943 > > My Dear Reggie, > > In these dark days man tends to look for little shafts of light that spill from Heaven. My days are probably darker than yours, and I need, my God I do, all the light I can get. But I am a decent fellow, and I do not want to be mean and selfish about what little brightness is shed upon me from time to time. So I propose to share with you a tiny flash that has illuminated my sombre life and tell you that God has given me a new Turkish colleague whose card tells me that he is called Mustapha Kunt. > > We all feel like that, Reggie, now and then, especially when Spring is upon us, but few of us would care to put it on our cards. It takes a Turk to do that. > > (Signed) > > Sir Archibald Clerk Kerr, > H.M. Ambassador. > **[We all feel like that now and then](https://lettersofnote.com/2009/10/28/we-all-feel-like-that-now-and-then/)** > > At the height of World War II on April 6th, 1943, the British Ambassador to Moscow, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, wrote a letter to Foreign Office minister Lord Reginald Pembroke in an effort to simply… ---
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I’ve always been partial to the Arizona Cardinal’s Frostee Rucker. I’m guessing his mom liked the dessert at Wendy’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-or-funniest-name-in-sports/514503.md?page=7)