Best athlete names

[wilson]

1. D'Brickashaw Ferguson
























Everyone else.

[DevilHorse]

The appropriately named... Josh Outman

the no-joke former MLB pitcher.
First saw him in AA at the Trenton Thunder.
Worked his way up.
Pitched in the bigs for a few years.

Larry
DevilHorse

[jimsumner]

Seems like we've done this before.

But Duke once beat Pitt because Chris Blewitt missed a short field goal.

The famous 1966 Texas Western basketball team had a player named Willie Cager.

But Bronko Nagurski is not only the best sports name ever it might be the best NAME ever.

[Duke79UNLV77]

Brothers Majestic and Scientific Mapp.

[nmduke2001]

No. Just, no.

Adding... Tiger Woods.

Can you imagine if a dude named Tiger Woods was your accountant? No you can't, because a grown A$* man should not go by "Tiger".

[curtis325]

Wonderful Terrific Monds Jr--49ers

Wonderful Terrific Monds III--Durham Bulls

[MCFinARL]

Brothers Majestic and Scientific Mapp.

You beat me to it--I always loved these two.

Another favorite is I-Perfection Harris, a Georgia Tech football recruit who ended up doing better in track and field. According to this Bleacher Report source, I-Perfection was shortened from Immaculate Perfection, and his brother was named Supreme Justice Harris, but I haven't independently verified that info.

[jimsumner]

Can you imagine if a dude named Tiger Woods was your accountant? No you can't, because a grown A$* man should not go by "Tiger".

Would you like it better if your accountant was named Eldrick?

[duke4ever19]

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

Jack Youngblood

Colt McCoy


You cannot name your child 'Colt McCoy' and expect him to become anything other than a football player.

[budwom]

Cannot believe we let Virginia Tech sign Divine Deablo...how could he not be destined for Duke? (don't pester me about the spelling of Deablo, blame his mom and dad for that)...

[flyingdutchdevil]

...Tum Tum Nairn is still my favorite. I just can't stop laughing at "Tum Tum".

[Gooch]

I always loved Exree Hipp!

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...ee-hipp-1.html

[Reddevil]

I always liked Dexter Bussey.

Of course if you grew up with the name Dick Butkis in the south side of Chicago, you might grow up to be a baaaaad man.

[UrinalCake]

I always loved Exree Hipp!

I remember him, played for Maryland and I believe went on to be a Globetrotter. I always thought that after he got up in years he should change his name to “Hip X-ray.”

[Edouble]

Coco Crisp

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Michael William Krzyzewski

[UrinalCake]

Was just flipping through CBS’s Candid Coaches series, which is excellent as always, and discovered that Oregon State has a player named Tres Tinkle. I’m not sure if that means he has to pee a lot or he has to pee three times, but either way, yikes!

[BLPOG]

This thread needs a link to the nominative determinism wiki page.

[elvis14]

Ebby Calvin Laloosh

You need a nick name, honey!

[75Crazie]

No mention yet of Tyrone Shoelaces?