Unfortunate Sporting Names

Pross
Pross Posts: 43,463
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
I've watch a bit of ski jumping on Eurosport lately and always get a chuckle out of the German flyer Andreas Wank which got me thinking of other amusing names in sport. There's obviously Englands Euro 96 nemesis Stefan Kuntz, any others to throw into the equation? For some reason the best names seem to always fall to those from a Germanic background :D
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Bo Hamburger always raised a smile :)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    I remember a report headline along the lines of Hamburger saves Danish Bacon - wonder how long they'd been waiting to use that? :lol:
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    Quim. Portugese keeper.
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  • -spider-
    -spider- Posts: 2,548
    Glasgow Celtic used to have a player that was Schidt - but that was not how you pronounced it.
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  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    David Busst
    Neil
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Not one person but a whole team :lol:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportivo_Wanka
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Bernt Haas was another that used to amuse me in commentary but isn't so funny when written down.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Switzerlands national stadium was the Wankdorf, as I recall.

    I used to sign players with stupid names on champ man so I recall Tim Crybitch, Alexei Gay and Ars Bandeet.
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  • snakehips
    snakehips Posts: 2,272
    -spider- wrote:
    Glasgow Celtic used to have a player that was Schidt - but that was not how you pronounced it.

    Rafael Scheidt , what a lesson in how not to recruit players that episode tiurned out to be !

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  • magicrhodes
    magicrhodes Posts: 123
    Mardy Fish - Tennis Player
    Mike Weir - Golfer
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    There's a German international footballer called Bastian Schweinsteiger. This translates as ''pig-mounter'' - how does anybody live with a name like that?
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    I think you should be careful - did no-one ever tell you what "pross" means in Guugu Yimidhirr?
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    And P Hart, who managed Portsmouth recently, when read out...
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  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    Footballer Danny Shittu (plays for Bolton I think)
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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    QPR had Doudou and Shittu playing for them for a while.
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  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    Courtesy of funnyhub.com.....(Number five made me chortle)

    Unfortunate Sports Names

    10. Toby Oshitola: Soccer player (striker) for Barnet (UK).

    9. Jack Glasscock: Shortstop and second baseman for Cleveland, 1879-95.

    8. Harry Colon: Former defensive back for the Detroit Lions.

    7. Rusty Kuntz: Former outfielder for the Detriot Tigers.

    6. Dean Windass: Soccer player (forward) for Middlesbrough in the UK.

    5. Ron Tugnutt: NHL goalie (Dallas Stars).

    4. Misty Hyman: US Olympic swimmer.

    3. Dick Trickle: NASCAR driver.

    2. Gregor Fucka: Slovenian basketball player who now plays for Barcelona.

    1. Pull Dickoff: Soccer player for West Ham United in the UK.

    :lol:
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  • Allez Mark
    Allez Mark Posts: 364
    Newcastle used to have a player called Brian Penas

    Im sure there was a french rugby player in the nineties called condom
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    Just hope one day there's a player called Ewan Kerr...

    Knew a guy called Elvis Parsley - real name - was Tae Kwon Do/Gung Fu dude.
    Saw him one day on TV in a Pro boxing match, but he lost.

    Sure theres a Skier called Fanny Schmelling, or something really close to it.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Allez Mark wrote:
    Newcastle used to have a player called Brian Penas

    Im sure there was a french rugby player in the nineties called condom

    There was, and my favourite name in the current team is their centre Bastardeau
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Also, there was the great bit of commentary 'the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey' :lol:
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    My personal favourite is an ex-basketball player, who used to play for the London Towers... Randy Duck. Seriously.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Pross wrote:
    Also, there was the great bit of commentary 'the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey' :lol:

    John Arlott, I believe... He also came out with "Richards take a wild slash outside the off stump. That'll clear the pigeons"
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Also, there was the great bit of commentary 'the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey' :lol:

    John Arlott, I believe... He also came out with "Richards take a wild slash outside the off stump. That'll clear the pigeons"

    No it was Jonners and Aggers
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  • sheepworryingbhoy
    sheepworryingbhoy Posts: 167
    Celtic once lined-up with Lubo, Bobo & Momo in their team.....
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Tony Woodcock always made me laff when I was a kid
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  • Tempestas
    Tempestas Posts: 486
    Kanu of Pompey fame...his first name is Nwankwo....guess that's why they call him Kanu
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Chip \'oyler wrote:
    Tony Woodcock always made me laff when I was a kid

    Danny Grewcock has a similar effect. Presumably he didn't have one before he grew it :lol:
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    There was also a player for Barnsley in the 70s called Andy Cheesecock
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    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Lance Armstrong?
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  • Aggieboy
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    Leicester RFC used to have Rowntree,Jelly and Gustard playing for them. Always amused me that, but then it doesn't take much! :lol:
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