While I was watching the Giants v. Steelers game today, I thought "You know, there are some really bizarre names in the professional sports industry." And decided to do some research. These players are not listed in any particular order of weirdest names, I just think they're weird. I also do not count weird spellings of names (like Jeremi Johnson or Johnathan Joseph), nor spellings that may indicate ethnicity (eg. Dewayne anything- that name's unbelievably common), as well as names that I think are weird, but the person was born out of the US, because I don't know if that's a common name in their home country. You'll notice I mostly cite funny names that are American. Oh, and these are my opinions, so don't flame me and say "Nuh-uh! It's a totally normal name!"
So, in the NFL:
T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Cincinnati Bengals)- um...how do you even pronounce that name?
Frostee Rucker (Cincinnati Bengals)- Yes, that is his real first name.
Marvel Smith (Pittsburgh Steelers)- I really hope whoever named him wasn't into comics...
Paris Lenon (Detroit Lions)- I've only heard of two people whose first name is Paris. They're both female.
Napoleon Harris (Minnesota Vikings)- You know, there was this other guy named Napoleon...and he lost his battle.
Marcedes Lewis (Jacksonville Jaguars)- A twist on the female name Mercedes?
Alge Crumpler (Tennessee Titans)- Did anyone else first read that as "algae"?
Von Hutchins (Atlanta Falcons)- Part of me thought he may be related to Sarah Palin. You know, the lady that named her youngest Trig (something something) Van Palin because she thought it would be funny to have a kid whose name rhymed with Van Halen?
Lawyer Milloy (Atlanta Falcons)- His parents must have had high aspirations for him. I bet he's now the target for any player that's been screwed over by lawyers.
Lousaka Polite (Miami Dolphins)- A food with nice manners. That's all I can say.
Laveranues Coles (New York Jets)- another "how do you pronounce that" name
D'Brickashaw Ferguson (New York Jets)- I can't find anything to say about that name.
Tank Johnson (Dallas Cowboys)- if you're a tank, then you should be a better defensive tackle. But you obviously aren't, given how your team is doing this year.
Plaxico Burress (NY Giants)- One of the first names that made me think of this list. I always think of plastic.
If you have any other names that you can think of that are funny, let me know. I'll do baseball eventually, because one of my favorite names is from baseball (Coco Crisp!)
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