Top Ten Unfortunate Names in Sports

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Parents often get too caught up trying to give their children a unique name. This usually ends up with a bunch of parents picking that same “unique” name at the same time, rendering the whole exercise a huge waste of time. Then there are these poor bastards.

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#1 - Yoshie Takeshita

Just make sure you light a match and flush please.

#2 - Karen Cockburn

Enter at your own risk (rubbers not included)

#3 - Misty Hyman

Her parents must have smoked up before pulling this name out of the hat.

#4 - Craphonso Thorpe

Sometimes combining two names into one first name is not such a good idea.

#5 - Milton Bradley

Talk about tarnishing a celebrated name.

#6 - Coco Crisp

Cereal is not that cool.

#7 - Ron Tugnutt

Ouch.

#8 - Dick Pole

You’re my hero.

#9 - Rusty Kuntz

I’m sure it’s not pronounced Cun…

#10 - Dick Trickle

He should be the spokesperson for Depends.

Comments

Poor Karen Cockburn! That's just so sade. Milton Bradley is awesome though!

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