20. Mirolsav Satan
When you are a hockey player it is always good to be feared and guys with names like Rick Tocchet, Marty McSorley and Rob Ray never had problems gooning it up. But when your name is that of the dark lord himself…opponents may run for cover.
19. Dick Butkus
Make no mistake, he was one of the most feared and dominating defenders in NFL history, but with that last name you might be tempted to mock…bad move.
18. Jean Fugett
Interesting that this guy played Tight End in the NFL. Many broadcasters may have feared for their jobs when trying to pronounce this name.
17. Danny Shittu
This Nigerian footballer must have gotten some smiles when playing American born players. Good thing he had some company as his coach was given the name Aidy Boothroyd.
16. De’Cody Fagg
Catching balls at FSU may have been easy for this Wide Receiver, but growing up with his name sure wasn’t.
15. Ben Gay
How would you like to be named after a muscle cream, not to mention the slang inference of his last name added on for effect.
14. Assol Slivets
This Skier from Belarus may have a unique spelling to his name, but it sure can’t be mistaken for what we think it is.
13. God Shamgod
Hey who wouldn’t want to be named after the almighty. Shamgod however failed to deliver and has had a less than perfect basketball career since becoming known while at Providence.
12. Johnny Dickshot
The career of Mr. Dickshot began…wait we just can’t say that with a straight face. To make matters worse apparently his nickname was “ugly”.
11. Gregor Fucka
Pronounced [ˈfutʃkɑ] (though we prefer our pronunciation), this Italian basketballer, could have been a real life version of the famous Ben Stiller comedy.
10. Majestic Mapp
We wonder what buried treasure this guy is hiding behind his name.
9. Irina Slutskaya
This Russian Ice Skater was the first to land a triple lutz-loop. A huge feat of athleticism that provides us with another classic name.
8. KAKA
We refuse to go there. Nothing positive can come of this.
7. Pete LaCock
We were wondering how a baseball player gets a name like this and discovered he was French, which made everything click.
6. Dick Trickle
This NASCAR driver is one of the more well known on our list. Go ahead try and say it without smiling, we bet you can’t.
5. Lucious Pusey
Man these are getting tough to comment on without offending. How do you not liberate from your parents and get a name change? Again we are sure the actual pronunciation is not offensive, but we like it our way better.
4. Harry Colon
As an NFL defensive back for many years he was probably a great trash talker. But what do you say when the comeback is always the same?
3. Dick Pole
We have a question for Mr. Pole. Why, if your last name is Pole, would you call yourself ANYTHING BUT RICHARD? Even Ricardo would sound better.
2. Rusty Kuntz
This baseball outfielder better have hoped that play-by-play men pronounced it correctly or he may be a wanted man.
1. Chubby Cox
The ultimate in hilarity. Just, for one second imagine…ok finished? Are you smiling? We are laughing uncontrollably every time we hear it.
Honorable mention
Pokey Reese, Trot Nixon, Coco Crisp, Mookie Wilson, Baskerville Holmes, Candy Maldonado, Van Lingle Mungo, Heinie Manush, Ron Tugnutt.