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Worst Athlete Names Ever
This football hero from the University of Illinois boasts a career of 8 Pro Bowls, entrance into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a moniker so scandalous that each syllable of his name are individually dirty. Oh yeah, he is also an actor appearing in TV and films such as My Two Dads, Any Given Sunday, and Necessary Roughness.
Born Ronald Frederick Tugnutt in Ontario, Canada, he played in one NHL All-Star Game and represented Canada in the 1993 Hockey World Championships.
Known as "America's Winningest Driver," Dick Trickle began racing on the short-track circuit in 1958. Trickle has been credited with over 1,200 vicories in auto racing. Also, he gained the most notoriety by being named the Winston Cup (now the Nextel Cup) Rookie of the Year in 1989 at the ripe old age of 48. He was a favorite of ESPN's Sportscenter announcers Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann.
Pete LaCock played 9 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals from 1972 to 1980. Born Ralph Pierre LaCock in Burbank, California, Pete was a utility player who never quite packed any punch with the bat. Interestingly, LaCock's father, Peter Marshall, was the host of "Hollywood Squares" from 1966-1981. The elder LaCock, born with the LaCock name, changed his name to Marshall to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.
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Arguably the best hitter in baseball, Albert represents the only Latin-American on the team. The Dominican slugger has won the Rookie of the Year and MVP awards, which means he's definitely not the weakest athlete on this team.
Born John Oscar Dickshot in Waukegan, Illinois, he played outfield for 3 teams from 1936 to 1945.
Richard Henry Pole is a former Major League Baseball player and current Major League Baseball coach. A right-handed pitcher, Pole was 6'3" tall and weighed 210 pounds during his playing career. Pole is currently the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs.
Harry Colon played 6 NFL seasons from 1991-97 with the Patriots, Lions and Jaguars. The safety holds the Jaguars record for interceptions in a season with three. More notable than Colon's football career is his very dirty name, one that elicits certainly terrifying imagery.
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I don't know what his parents were thinking when they signed the birth certificate for him, but come on! Born Lucious Pusey was a starting senior Linebacker for the Div 1-AA Eastern Illinois University Panthers. But as of the beginning of the 2006 season, he has legally changed his name to "Lucious Seymour". Deadspin.com featured Lucious in one of their college football round-up articles.
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Radek Bonk is a professional ice hockey center in the NHL. He was drafted third overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He spent time in Europe as well as in the IHL before becoming an NHL regular. A skilled player, he was often criticized in the Ottawa media for his lack of aggression, despite his size. On the day of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a third round draft pick.
The Russian figure skater, Irina, won the European championship in 1996 and 1997. She didn't go all the way in the 1998 Nagano Olympics, finishing 5th in her competition.
The freestyle skier from Belarus competed in the 2006 Olympics in Turin finishing 5th in the women's aerial ski competition.
Born John Arthur Cox III, Chubby was a standout at the University of San Francisco in the '70s and was drafted by the Bulls in 1978. Cox only played in 7 NBA games, for the Washington Bullets in 1983. Cox didn't last long on the professional level and has spent his post-playing years teaching and coaching youths in the San Francisco area.