NBA player Travis Outlaw - A gunslinger or a country music artist perhaps?


Indiana freshman "Yogi" Ferrell - SNL meets Hanna-Barbera.

Retired rugby player Austin Healey - now what strange soul with the surname Healey would name their son after a car?

There's also Barkevious Mingo:



He won the 2009 Name of the Year, an OTF favourite championed by Inca, and is expected to go high in next year's NFL draft.

There was a category of college football player names on a recent Jeopardy. Hugs Etienne (Wisconsin) and Godspower Offor (Wake Forest) were mentioned, as well as Wave Ryder...who plays for Navy.

El Tel wrote:


The stadium announcer at Welford Road mused on that once when going through the teams, back when Healey was still an Orrell player. Something along the lines of "Odd name that... I wonder where his parents where when he was conceived?"

Orel Hershiser. That's a great name.

There is Sir'Dominic Pointer from college basketball.

It's going to take something special to displace my personal favourites, both from Indian cricket; Farouk Engineer and Nari Contractor. They just about overlapped in terms of international careers, and given that Contractor was the captain must have played together.
Durham have recently fielded teams that included Phil Mustard and Graham Onions. Close, but no cigar. Even with Mustard being a wicket keeper, leading to dismissals of caught Mustard bowled Onions.

Thinking of food, one would have to go some to beat the translation of Jan Suchopárek's name. sucho - dry, párek - frankfurter. That is Mr Dryfrankfurter to you, sir.

Peter Winterbottom

Janik wrote:


I bet they relished the opportunity of playing together, badoom tishhhh.

Then of course theres this guy, World B Free:

my favourite sporting nickname is the name bestowed upon Michael Holding. WHISPERING DEATH.

Janik wrote:


English surnames (and indeed most languages) are peppered with jobs - Taylors, Smiths, Carpenters etc - but these two sound weird to our ears. Is that because these jobs are more modern? And is there anywhere that new jobs get made into names. Derek ITConsultant? Colin Barista? etc?

A great name, and a great nickname all in one.

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, the Tashkent Terror:

Wasn't he the Tashkent Express?

Maybe he was both! I thought I remembered Phil Liggett on SBS referring to him as "The Tashkent Terror" but brain cells start dying from 21 so I could easily be wrong.

d'brickashaw ferguson has to be one the most impressive made up name in sports.

Lineman for the NY Jets.

Cal Alamein wrote:


Along with Metta World Peace of the Lakers, obviously.

Ron Artest is an utter dickhead. Copied World B. Free. Artest has some serious skill, but is a thug and the world peace bit is a good laugh.

El Tel wrote:

I take it you're not very familiar with Sottish football...


Yogi Hughes Mk I



Yogi Hughes Mk II

Pfffft, not even original.

Of course. Facepalm and all that.