the pulp list

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.