Strange names

What are some of the strangest players' names y'all have come across through the years?

I was covering a girl's basketball game the other night and had a Unique Johnson.

I had to fight the urge to write the sentence "Unique Johnson gave a great all-around performance on the night, driving hard in the hole and scoring on multiple occasions."

 

Covered a wrestler named Kurt Bangle. Another wrestler in the state's name was Brock Glessner.

Of course, Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal in wrestling before turning "pro," and Brock Lesnar also was a collegiate wrestler before going pro and navigating into MMA.

 

JoJo BozBoz

 

All name team of ... whatever year. Uwe Blab, Baskerville Holmes, Anicet Lavodrama, Reginald Pink ...

I'm pretty sure (but I'm sure I will be corrected) that they all played at the same time. Best name year ever in college basketball.

 

This dude named Some Fucker kept finding himself in our photo captions.

 

I do some substitute teaching and have kept a list of students with messed-up names.

I've had kids in class named Marcellus Wallace and Zach Morris, with both being about the right age to have been named after the characters.

Some other messed-up names: K'La (pronounced Kayla), Nachaelynn, Shattrellbeea, Wenzdae (pronounced Wednesday), Chaeliegh (pronounced Kaylee), Narisheana, Schuyler (pronounced Skylar), Zaybreann, Aireal (pronounced Ariel), Sarrahmindel, Adiamond and Chel-C (pronounced Chelsea).

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

 

I didn't think Schuyler was that messed up. I mean, it's not common, but it's the most common spelling of that pronunciation, no?

 

Cyn-De was one I've seen. I've also seen a Sundy and a Sundee.

On the boy's side, there was a Du'Shaun. Coach kept sending it in spelled DuShawn.

Last night in a juco game, the other team had a Jazmynn.

 

It used to be. Around here, though, "Skyler" has taken over with an occasional "Skylar." The latter I've seen as a girls' name.

A couple of years ago, the local football team did have a "Schuyler." His father was an assistant principal. Everyone kept pronouncing it "SHY-lur."

 

Yep, Schuyler is the traditional spelling of the name that has morphed into Skylar and its multiple variations.

 

In the same spirit, any all-name NFL team has to include Wonder Monds, Fair Hooker and Sanjay Beach.