Who was the guy in World Cup finals that head butted someone a few years ago?
Z something?
Zinedine Zidane. (link goes to headbutt videos)
Lafester Rhodes scored 54 points for Iowa State against Iowa one night in 1987, despite sounding like a character from The Addams Family.
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…
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.
I’m gonna nominate Jamaal Fudge, a safety for the Atlanta Falcons.
So, all apologies to the Fick family notwithstanding, would you say Dick Fick is now a stiff?
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.
How about Patriots tailback BenJarvus Green-Ellis? Not that many letters, but he’s got four names. Four!
Likewise, I could never figure out why Billy Brewer never played for Milwaukee’s baseball team…
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…
There’s also NFL offensive guard Floyd Pork Chop Womack, late of the Seattle Seahawks.
Spurgon Wynn, who ineptly quarterback the Browns, Vikings and a CFL team (I think) earlier this decade.
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.
Reminds me of 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.
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.”
On Monday Night Football, Don Meredith said he never met one yet.
*nitpick: Hooker was a wide receiver. 
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.
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
No love for Fuifui Moimoi (pronounced Phooey phooey Moy moy) of the Parramatta Eels?
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:
I’ve always been partial to the Arizona Cardinal’s Frostee Rucker. I’m guessing his mom liked the dessert at Wendy’s.