What's in a name...in football?

Y'know what is (Cole) Strange? How names seem to dictate one's destiny. Ok, make that Dick (Butkus) -tate? 

In no particular order: Love, Flowers, Succop (can you imagine how mean kids were in high school?), Manhertz, and Waddle. Yes, Waddle. And Hurts. 

It even seems a little like false advertising when we see these huge men with Little on their jerseys. It seems like the rough n' tough names like Knute Rockne are a thing of the past. 

But my new favorite name (and there are so many interesting ones, some of which I cannot pronounce...like Tua Tagovailoa's full first name (Tuanigamanuolepola) has got to be the Sooners' back up QB: General Booty.

Yup. 

Fact. You can look it up. 

And speaking of facts, here's a fun fact: Adam Vinatieri's ancestor was a violin player in the orchestra that General Custer traveled with (yes, he did, for real). If he'd died at Little Big Horn, the Pats would not have won that Super Bowl.

See? Music is important.

Have a great day,

C

PS-- I'd do a post about hockey names, but I think I'd run out of letters.