Great Names in Sports History

[POLTERGEIST]

^^cc sabathia reppin the V

 

[L Mac-a-docious]

Dickey Simpkins
Dick Pole (Ex Pitching coach for Giants)
Candy Maldanado
So Taguchi
Dick Trickle (Stockcar racer)

 

[djsincere510]

will clark
walt weiss
dave stewart
dennis ecklersly

 

[Mr. Chronic]

How about the great Bo Jackson...He was a sav, you gotta admit.

 

[djsincere510]

pound for pound Mando Ramos...

jimmy "superfly" snuka

kevin mitchell

 

[Hoosier]

Hoosier, what's your infatuation with Napolean?

Hometown hero....When I was playing football everyone wanted to be #8...

 

[Hoosier]

Joe Ayoob....Booya spelled backwards

 

[PGBD]

Dickey Simpkins
Dick Pole (Ex Pitching coach for Giants)
Dick Trickle (Stockcar racer)

You might wanna add Dan Dickau to your dick list.

 

[PGBD]

How about the great Bo Jackson...He was a sav, you gotta admit.

Bo was cool, but I'm thinking less about accomplishments and more about unique names.

 

[PGBD]

Peerless Price, Magnus ver Magnusson...keep 'em comin' folks

 

[AC Transit]

Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell

http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/120203_SaluteToCedric.html

 

[djsincere510]

hacksaw jim dugan

andre the giant

sgt. slaughter

 

[L Mac-a-docious]

How about great names that were changed?
Cassius Clay
Lou Alcindor

 

[PGBD]

Dexter Manley

 

[PGBD]

How about great names that were changed?

That's difficult. The only one I can think of is the other Karim Abdul Jabbar formerly known as Sharmon Shah.

 

[Hoosier]

That's difficult. The only one I can think of is the other Karim Abdul Jabbar formerly known as Sharmon Shah.

Kareem was Lou Alcindor

 

[Hoosier]

Kareem was Lou Alcindor

My bad you're talking about the football player....Karim...

 

[PGBD]

Kaufman is from Lompoc?

 

[Hoosier]

Yeah....You see that high school photo of him on Lompoc High? Read his helmet...

 

[G-Dubb]

Some current players:

Shigetoshi Hasegawa (Mariners)
Wily Mo Pena (Reds)
Nook Powell (Tigers)
Kiko Calero (A's)
CC Sabathia (Indians)
Jung Keun Bong (Reds)
Coco Crisp (Indians)
Pokey Reese (Mariners)
Rocco Baldelli (Devil Rays)
Huston Street (A's)
Ambiorix Burgos (Royals)