Unique Football Player Names...

[crmsnrevelation]

I knew that a debate was started about players with unique names and the one I said was Ibok Ibok.

I originally heard about him while watching Mike Price's first UTEP team in the EV1.net bowl game. The announcer was commenting on if he ever went pro he would make serious cash with Reebok. His name is pronounced EEBOK EEBOK.
This announcer went on to praise him as a mad man in the gym.....
apparently he really did go mad...


My question is why is this guy only in cleets and undies at a game toting a torn Texas jersey? If it is a Utep game then they are not playing UT....:conf3: :conf3:


anyone want to add to the list of unique names?
http://www.klaq.com/pages/morning/morn_page.asp?id=491

 

[HammerJammer]

He Hate Me

 

[bayoutider]

Just a small sample of my favorite names.

Adrian Stiffarm, OL Ball State. Should have converted to RB on the first day of spring practice.

Reprobatus Bibb DB , UAB. His family should be hit in the head with a dictionary

Ratavious Biddle WR, Ol' Miss. Is his nickname Rat?

Kila Kamakawiwoole, WR Hawaii. Named after a horrible Culture Club song?

Craphonso Thorpe, WR Florida State. Nickname..........

Byungwoo Yun, PK Western Michigan. Isn't that the movie where Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes dress in drag?

 

[RollTideHG]

My favorite right now has to be one of our current runningback recruits from Godby high School named British Footman (I promise that I'm not making this up).

 

[Pachydermatous]

Alex Karras, the old Detroit Lions defensive lineman, once claimed that a player's name had much to do with his success in the pros. Players with tough names, like Johnny Unitas or Joe Montana, had a natural (or supernatural) advantage, especially at quarterback. His own last name with its hard "K," Karras said, was the reason for his success.

Using that rule, Ratavious Biddle, doesn't stand much of a chance in the pros. But Kila Kamakawiwoole and Craphonso Thorpe (Remember Jim Thorpe) will probably make the cut.:rolleye2:

 

[crimsonaudio]

I've posted this one several times in the past - not only is it unique, but his parents must have hated him: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=148900

 

[SoldierForTide]

USM had a kicker named Barefoot I think.

 

[exiledNms]

Tokumbo Abanikanda, LB, USM. He's pretty good, but hearing the PA guy say "Tokumbo Abanikanda on the tackle" a dozen times a game is cool.

 

[bayoutider]

Tokumbo Abanikanda, LB, USM. He's pretty good, but hearing the PA guy say "Tokumbo Abanikanda on the tackle" a dozen times a game is cool.

I would love to hear Snake tackle that name.

 

[TexasBama]

Alex Karras, the old Detroit Lions defensive lineman, once claimed that a player's name had much to do with his success in the pros. Players with tough names, like Johnny Unitas or Joe Montana, had a natural (or supernatural) advantage, especially at quarterback. His own last name with its hard "K," Karras said, was the reason for his success.

Using that rule, Ratavious Biddle, doesn't stand much of a chance in the pros. But Kila Kamakawiwoole and Craphonso Thorpe (Remember Jim Thorpe) will probably make the cut.:rolleye2:

A couple of names not particulary poetic, but

Billy Ray Smith
Lee Roy Jordan

You gotta figure the opposing quarterback has nightmares of getting slapped between a couple of piece white bread and eaten playing against guys with names like that.

The Pièce de résistance of all names in all sports, IMO, is Lloyd Free, who legally changed his name to World B Free.

 

[Ldlane]

Hokie Gajan - LSU RB 77 - 81.

 

[TexasBama]

Hokie Gajan - LSU RB 77 - 81.

That name makes me want to go out and get some boudin.

 

[exiledNms]

USM had a kicker named Barefoot I think.

He's still at USM. This year he'll be handling all 3 kicking duties--punting, KO, & PK. His first name is Britt. Britt Barefoot, kicker.

 

[RedStar]

Reprobatus Bibb DB , UAB. His family should be hit in the head with a dictionary

You sure about that? We had a guy that played basketball for us the last couple of years (until this year) He was our best, our leading scorer, named All-GSC a couple of times. But he got arrested on drug charges after selling to an undercover cop and subsequently got kicked off the team.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060218/bust.shtml

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/sports/051224/una.shtml


Anyway Reprobatus means "morally depraved" and "beyond saving" in the dictionary, and sure enough, he gets arrested for selling crack! Anyway, I can't imagine there being two Reprobatus Bibb's in this world hahaha.

 

[TIDEFAN17]

I've posted this one several times in the past - not only is it unique, but his parents must have hated him: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=148900

Ouch.

 

[TIDEFAN17]

Who was the guy that played in the PAC-10 a couple of years ago? His last name was something like "Imagonagetcha"?

 

[The Duke]

Three words + Case of beer + Pinch of Tennessee heritage + Deliverance =

Jim Bob Cooter

 

[red55]

At LSU we also had:

Nacho Albergamo
Booger McFarland
Demetrius Hookfin

 

[Vinny]

Do you remember the WR Birmingham playing for Arkansas?

 

[FreeBro]

I. M. Hipp (Neb TB)
X-Ray Hipp ((basketball, I think)
Michael Stonebreaker (ND, LB)
Bob Baumhower (UA, DL)
Dick Butkus
Chuck Bednarik


Here is the best bunch of names to ever be assembled in the same backfield:
Mercury Morris
Jim Kiick
Larry Czonka

Can one team ever top those names? I think NOT!!:BigA: :BigA: :BigA: :BigA: