Best name in the game

[Blue Heart]

If it hasn't been mentioned before, the German Olympic swimmer, Fanny Chmelar (pronounced Smeller)
would be very hard to beat in any oddball name contest.

 

[Carringbush2010]

Former Claremont ruckman (and teacher at my high school) Andrew Ruck

Or former West Perth, West Coast, and Footscray player Robbie West

Oh that's gold a ruckman with the last name Ruck! What are the odds?!

 

[Carringbush2010]

Ronnie Wearmouth surely gets a mention.

In fact I just did!

 

[Carringbush2010]

Stan the agro Magro

 

[JD888]

True story.. My wife went to school with brothers whose names were Peter & Andrew Nuss.

 

[Moquo]

I spent a decade calling Dean Cox "Isaac". Fortunately, nobody noticed.

 

[Occidental]

Granit Xhaka for the Swiss in the World Cup.

 

[Kreme Pie]

I remember this bloke representing Italy in basketball at the Sydney Olympics.

 

[big_e]

Phuc Dat Bich is fake. Got media attention around the world when he did it.

Well played, sir.

 

[Fritz Waxer # 4]

What became of Freddie Clutterbuck (I think that was his name, drafted by the Dees IIRC)

 

[Fritz Waxer # 4]

Iron Frontbottom from the AFL's bizarro league?

 

[bumsonseats]

Hawks have an academy kid coming through:

Irvin Mosquito

So looking forward to Der-wayne doing his pre-game unfunny lines prep and writing down:

"Must include Mosquito buzzing around the packs."

You can be assured there will be puns aplenty.....the idiot commentators cant help themselves

 

[Hobbes]

In the SANFL in the mid-80s, Bayes played for West, and West played for the Bays.

 

[Hobbes]

You can be assured there will be puns aplenty.....the idiot commentators cant help themselves

They prepare them and keep them for years. For example, one commentator waited for an entire career to use this line in Anthony Rock's last game - "between A. Rock and a hard place".

 

[bumsonseats]

They prepare them and keep them for years. For example, one commentator waited for an entire career to use this line in Anthony Rock's last game - "between A. Rock and a hard place".

Bring back Rex Hunt

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

They prepare them and keep them for years. For example, one commentator waited for an entire career to use this line in Anthony Rock's last game - "between A. Rock and a hard place".

Remember the first time Levi Casboult went into the ruck and the commentator (can't remember who) said they were "rucking the casboult" apologies to the late Joe Strummer.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Cadyn Beetham

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

A combination:

 

[RedmanWasHere]

In the SANFL in the mid-80s, Bayes played for West, and West played for the Bays.

That's brilliant.

 

[big_e]

In the SANFL in the mid-80s, Bayes played for West, and West played for the Bays.

Robert Pyman played for the Pies
Ross Lyon played for the Lions
Graeme Richmond played for Richmond
Scott West played for Western Bulldogs
Robbie West played for West Coast Eagles
Matt Eagles didn't play for the Eagles
Dane Swan didn't play for the Swans
Paul Roos didn't play for the Roos
Rod Crowe didn't play for the Crows
Luke Power didn't play for the Power

 

[MisterB]

Nigerian sprinter named Innocent Egbunike. And another Nigerian sprinter Endurance Ojokolo

 

[Forward Press]

Robert Pyman played for the Pies
Ross Lyon played for the Lions
Graeme Richmond played for Richmond
Scott West played for Western Bulldogs
Robbie West played for West Coast Eagles
Matt Eagles didn't play for the Eagles
Dane Swan didn't play for the Swans
Paul Roos didn't play for the Roos
Rod Crowe didn't play for the Crows
Luke Power didn't play for the Power

Nathan Eagleton didn't play for the Eagles too

 

[MisterB]

Paul Hawke didn't play for Hawthorn either

 

[Damon_3388]

Ronnie Wearmouth surely gets a mention.

In fact I just did!

A Ronnie Wearmouth always sounds like a distant relative of the tawny frogmouth.

 

[Damon_3388]

Granit Xhaka for the Swiss in the World Cup.

Xherdan Shaqiri is even better. Sounds like a dance, or a fruity cocktail.

Both players of Kosovar Albanian background I believe, but grew up in Switzerland (in4 George Donikian's artful pronounciation of "Kosovo").