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Embarrassing names in Sport

Started by Chippo20 REPLIES2,326 VIEWS· 28 Oct 2020, 11:49
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28 Oct 2020, 11:49
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28 Oct 2020, 11:49#1
So over the years, we've seen sportsmen with the most hilarious names or surnames.I've decided to highlight a few... Please add to the list. And try keep it to Rugby, Cricket and soccer.No football, basketball or ice hockey please.

1. Vishal Dikshit - Indian cricket journo
2. Hardik Pandya - indian cricketer3. Mathieu Bastareaud - French prop4. Matthieu Jalibert - French rugby player5. Quinton de Kock - SA cricketer - Ive heard some Indians asking "is that really his surname?"6. Have-a-Look Dube - Zimbabwe soccer7. Niroshan Dickwella - Sri Lankan cricketer
There are so many... some which are only funny if you dont understand different languages.

Help me add to the list.


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28 Oct 2020, 12:20
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28 Oct 2020, 12:20#2

There's a French rugby player called Faraj Fartass.

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28 Oct 2020, 12:53
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28 Oct 2020, 12:53#3

And an Indian cricketer with the name of Arshdeep.   

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28 Oct 2020, 13:00
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28 Oct 2020, 13:00#4

De Kock is a Dutch surname with hundreds of thousands of people using that surname all over the world,    Nothing funny with that surname  other than a bit of history,   Many of the ordinary Dutch people did not use any Surnames before Napoleon got hold of the Netherlands,   They were forced then to register surnames and many people regarded it as a joke and gave all kinds of funny surnames - one of which I came across was Hoenderdoos.   Unfortunately after Napoleon was defeated the usage of the fake surnames became permanent and the joke then backfired on the people.      

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28 Oct 2020, 14:46
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28 Oct 2020, 14:46#5

mike...

as i said... 

"There are so many... some which are only funny if you dont understand different languages"

I'm sure Hardik also isnt funny if you're Hindi.

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28 Oct 2020, 14:47
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28 Oct 2020, 14:47#6

and neither is Jailbert if you're french.

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28 Oct 2020, 14:48
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28 Oct 2020, 14:48#7
Did you know, Pajero means wanker in Spanish?
Any of you drive a Pajero?
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28 Oct 2020, 15:49
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28 Oct 2020, 15:49#8

Jean Condom used to play for France. 

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28 Oct 2020, 20:09
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28 Oct 2020, 20:09#9

There was a NASCAR driver called Dick Trickle.

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28 Oct 2020, 20:17
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28 Oct 2020, 20:17#10

"There was a NASCAR driver called Dick Trickle."

Only you would remember that, avid NASCAR fan that you are...telling...

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28 Oct 2020, 21:56
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28 Oct 2020, 21:56#11
Yes, I thought I was hearing things when I was watching the IPL the other day. Hardik was run out by Arshdeep! 3 names spring to mind in golf: Ivo Giner played on European tour Dick Lotz and Dick Mast played on PGA Tour in USA and/or secondary tour. Would have been great had those 3 played together in a major! Then of course there was the USA swimmer Misty Hyman.....not sure of her surname spelling but you get my drift....
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28 Oct 2020, 23:13
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28 Oct 2020, 23:13#12

Camille Chat. French hooker currently. Pronounced Cami Shat I've heard.

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28 Oct 2020, 23:48
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28 Oct 2020, 23:48#13

Ahsee Tuala plays for Northampton 

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29 Oct 2020, 02:27
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29 Oct 2020, 02:27#14
Ben Hur Kivalu was an injury-prone rugby player from about 20 years ago. 
He was injured against a South African team in Super rugby by a basic tackle, and that was his last game in Super rugby for Wellington . 

Benhur KivaluBirth nameBenhur KivaluDate of birth2 September 1972 (age 48)Place of birthVailoa, SamoaHeight6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Weight286 lb (130 kg)Rugby union careerPosition(s)Lock, Number 8Amateur team(s)YearsTeamApps(Points)1995Avalon()Senior careerYearsTeamApps(Points)1996–2004
2004–05Fukuoka Sanix Bombs[1]
Kintetsu Liners[2]()Provincial / State sidesYearsTeamApps(Points)1995-1996Wellington B[3]2(10)National team(s)YearsTeamApps(Points)1998–2005Tonga39(40)
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29 Oct 2020, 08:48
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29 Oct 2020, 08:48#15

Moolaa

Very f unny - I keep on laughing about that as well.  LOL   

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29 Oct 2020, 09:41
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29 Oct 2020, 09:41#16

Arshdeep is seriously unlucky.

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29 Oct 2020, 09:42
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29 Oct 2020, 09:42#17

There are a few English pearlers too...

Danny Grewcock springs to mind.

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29 Oct 2020, 15:31
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29 Oct 2020, 15:31#18

Well David Seaman and Nicky Butt used to cause a fair few giggles amongst Football fans....

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30 Oct 2020, 22:16
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30 Oct 2020, 22:16#19
Mandeep and Arshdeep in 1 team. Can only mean danger for their teammates
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01 Nov 2020, 05:32
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01 Nov 2020, 05:32#20

Parents must think before they name their newborn children...my mum was never crude, she was a lady but she had a naughty sense of humour...she tells of a soldier she met during war years called "John Willy" and when I think of the great Irish Lion's captain, Willie John McBride, I wonder if his parents changed the order of his first names.

But none can be as bad as Fanny Chmelar, the German Olympic Alpine skier....how awful...surely she should change her name.

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01 Nov 2020, 12:29
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01 Nov 2020, 12:29#21
My gran had a video shop in Emmarentia in Joburg. There was a little Jewish lady that bought videos from her named Fanny Hymen. Shocking.
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