Silly Names! Whats The Best Out There In The World Of Sport?

Martin Hill looks into the fun side of sport with a look at some of the quirky and silly names gracing the passports of sportsmen and women worldwide

by Martin Hill (Scribe)

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May 15, 2008

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With all the bad vibes surrounding the latest UEFA Cup winners Zenit St. Petersburg lets look at some of the funny things we love about football!

The guys with the funny names...

First and foremost with Zenit fresh in the memory they have a player, a very good player, a star player in fact called Andrei Arshavin. I love the commentators attempt at saying anything other than Arse Shaving!

Some other fun names that will always stick in the memory from the world of football include...

David Seaman

Stefan Kuntz

Nwankwo Kanu

Paul Dickov

Titty (spelled wrong for dramatic effect) "Titi" Camara

Danny Shittu

Dean Windass

Quim

Vagner Love

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Francisco Arce

I'm aware of Kolo and Yaya Toure who also have a younger brother Ibib (Ibrahim) playing in the Ukraine.

A few now from other sports...

Coco Crisp (Baseball)

Randy Duck (Basketball)

Dick Trickle (NASCAR)

Ron Tugnutt (Hockey)

Tractor Traylor (Basketball)

Scott Speed (Motor Racing)

Pooh Richardson (Basketball)

Carlos Boozer (Basketball)

Gregor Fucka (Basketball)

Misty Hyman (Swimming)

Craphonso Thorpe (American Football)

I'm sure there are many many more around the world, so please comment in with any sports personalities you are aware of with a fun or silly name!

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comments (9) write a comment »

reply to comment by Simon
about 1 month ago

QPR had a player called Doudou as well, and he played at the same time as Shittu for them, so their centre back pairing was rather unfortunately named.

Celtic had a player called Rafael Scheidt as well, and he was!
1. by Keith
  from about 1 month ago
  
  Hahaha! Sorry but cudn stop laughing at that one!!
reply to comment by Chris
about 1 month ago

what about Jerkov for Russia?
1. by Salomon
  from about 1 month ago
  
  haha, Chris, Thats PRICELESS.
reply to comment by Michael
about 1 month ago

i know it's got nothing to do with sport, but what about that ed balls bloke who works for the government? what kind of discussion did his parents have. like in the simpsons, when homer thinks every name is bad, then when marge says bart, he mysteriously doesn't think of fart. classic.

Gillingham had a player called wayne cur. we loved that.

and then i saw a non-league called whota tosser. loved that.

oh, and i heard someone in ireland was called dick head. i really laughed at that one.
reply to comment by Kevin
about 1 month ago

Providence basketball had a player in the 90's named God Shamgod
reply to comment by Salomon
about 1 month ago

This dude in the championship has YoungHusband as his surname. What about Agbonlahor!! Here in Birmingham we call him "Agbon The Whore" ....
reply to comment by Raider Card
about 1 month ago

Ok, from the files of what the mom was smoking....
Wonderful Terrific Monds....Baseball, Atlanta Braves
Happy Feller- football, New Orleans
Ben Gay.....football, Cleveland
Milton Bradley- Baseball, various clubs
reply to comment by Kiran
about 1 month ago

Salman Butt plays cricket for Pakistan.

Heathrow staff were reportedly laughing at him behind his back..