Greatest Football Names of all time (1 Viewer)

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Not in particular order

IM Hipp

**** Butkus

Larry Csonka

George Shorthose

Michael Stonebreaker

Quentin Jammer

Rock Cartwright

Takeo Spikes

TJ Slaughter

Ebenezer Ekuban

Plaxico Burress

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

Willie Gallimore

Taco Wallace

Bronko Nagurski

Deacon Jones

Mick Tinglehoff

Red Grange

nick buoniconti

Johnny Unitas

Bart Starr

Al Toon

James Jett

Omar Easy

Ben Gay

Bo Jackson

Joe Montana

Warren Moon

**** Bass

Christian Okoye

Greatest names of other sports

**** Trickle

Cassius Clay

Muhammad Ali

 

[Chaka]

Marion Butts

Louis Lipps

(honorable NBA mention Maurice Cheeks)

 

[bleachercreacher]

AJ Hawk

 

[azgroover]

Mack Strong

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[tombonneau]

Stump Mitchell

Webster Slaughter

Atari Bigby

 

[Johnny Ice]

Shockmain Davis

 

[JoeSteeler]

Vai Sikahema

 

[Grond]

Marques Tuiasosopo

Butler By'note

Brandon Manumaleuna

My favorite ever:

R-Kal Truluck

 

[pecorino]

Golden Richards

 

[dirtywaters20]

Sterling Sharpe

Bam Morris

 

[funkybunch]

Jarvis Redwine

Major Ogilvie

 

[RenegadeGM]

Craphonso Thorpe

Harry Colon

NBA player Dan Dickau

 

[buster c]

vito kab

 

[Buffaloes]

Bryce Paup

Ickey Woods

Mercury Morris

Haywood Jeffires

 

[JSH21]

Bubby Brister

 

[Moe Green]

Bobby Gridiron

 

[Moe Green]

In all seriousness, Carlester Crumpler is the best name ever.

 

[yeltneb]

Marques Tuiasosopo

Butler By'note

Brandon Manumaleuna

My favorite ever:

R-Kal Truluck

You're missing an apostrophe in By'not'e, which makes it an even more awesome name.Kirby Dar Dar

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Michael Stonebreaker is a cool name.

 

[Kleck]

Good list.

I've always thought Na'il Diggs was a tough name.

 

[motor guy]

Earthwind Moreland

 

[Jeff Haseley]

Thane Gash - one of my favorites

 

[chris1969]

Earthwind Moreland

Gets Bonus points for remembering that one.In BasketballWorld B Free

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Golden Richards

Good one, I always liked that name.I also forgot Tim Biakabutuka

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Elroy Hirsh, even without the nickname "Crazy Legs".

 

[garyd]

Spider Lockhart

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

How about Otto Graham and Jim Otto

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Spider Lockhart

Giants from the 70s? Great name.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Jumpy Geathers

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Darryl Stingley (RIP)

 

[The Man With No Name]

Coy Bacon

Ahmad Rashad

 

[Jeff Tefertiller]

My favorite

 

[Twilight]

Not in particular order

Bronko Nagurski

He's by far the first name I thought of.

 

[MCguidance]

Jerricho Cotchery

Booger McFardland

Gary Player

Tiger Woods *always like Tiger

Jeremy Trueblood

Richie Incognito

Joey Goodspeed

Tank Williams

Natrone Means

Peerless Price

ETA as I think of them: Richard Dent

 

[GottaBohlieve]

Chris Fuamatu Ma'afala

He's a Bad Ma'afala..

 

[joffer]

In all seriousness, Carlester Crumpler is the best name ever.

it took 17 posts? shame on you people

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Greatest names of other sportsDick TrickleCassius ClayMuhammad Ali

**** Pole

 

[garyd]

Spider Lockhart

Giants from the 70s? Great name.

Yup..love me them old Giants...speaking of which, it might not be a "Great" name, but it's certainly one of the strangest:Y. A. Tittle (known to ma and pa as Yelberton Abraham)...what kind of name is that?

 

[Bermuda_Chub]

10 favs:

1) Ali Haji-Sheikh

2) Art Monk

3) Dexter Manley

4) Clay Matthews

5) Trey Junkin

6) JoJo Townsell

7) Guido Merkins

8) Rafael Septien

9) Natrone Means

10) Orpheus Roye

Other sports

Razor Shines -- MLB

Exree Hip -- BB

 

[evilempire]

Adewale Ogunleye

Elvis Peacock

Fair Hooker

Hoops double bonus ...

Scientific Mapp

Majestic Mapp

Yes, they are brothers

Shammgod Wells (later became God Shammgod)

Zelmo Beatty

Best name I ever heard (even though he never became anything close to a star in college football) in any sport, or any place, at any moment on earth

Fabulous Flournoy (played hoops at McNeese State)

 

[MichiganPanthers]

Ex-Lions LB Tom Beer

Novo Bojovic

 

[RenegadeGM]

don't forget this college football player

 

[joffer]

don't forget this college football player

winner

 

[whole-show]

don't forget this college football player

WOW that was great....

 

[BobbyLayne]

Some great names from the AFL:

Elvin Bethea

Sonny Bishop

Emerson Boozer

Buck Buchannon

Ed Budde

Bobby Burnett

Butch Byrd

Billy Cannon

Gino Cappelletti

Hagood Clarke

Cotton Davidson

Hewritt Dixon

Speedy Duncan

Miller Farr

Gary Garrison

Cookie Gilchrist

Pete Gogolak

Goose Gonsoulin

Hoyle Granger

Bobby Hunt

Billy Joe

Curly Johnson

Floyd Little

Jacque MacKinnon

Bud McFadin

Billy Neighbors

Babe Parilli

Dickie Post

Tobin Rote

Johnny Sample

Jan Stenerud

Frank Tripucka

 

[chris1969]

Not in particular order

Bronko Nagurski

He's by far the first name I thought of.

Me too!

 

[Ballstein]

Rock Cartwright

 

[Kevrunner]

I remember watching college football when I was a kid and I have never been able to forget this player's name:

Sonny Sixkiller

 

[Oh the Humanity]

Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) Tittle

Buckets Goldenberg

Booth Lustig

Joe Don Looney

 

[Routilla]

Hacksaw Reynolds