Ever Recruited a Guy Because of His Name? Topic

bhouska1
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I used to have a manager named Thomas Thomas.  Seriously, who'd name their kid Thomas if their last name were Thomas???  So silly.


5/3/2012 1:02 PM
kilabe
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I have a William Williams on my Willamette team in Dobie.
5/3/2012 1:14 PM
rdawg
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Posted by surfboar on 4/30/2012 10:20:00 PM (view original):
David David was just available in Stagg. So was George Washington. George Washington playing for James Madison? LOL Now if James Madison comes along........ he is a bank buster.

Other notables:

Charlie Brown
Doug Douglas
Harry Pitts
Jesus Church
Jerry Lewis
Randy Savage




I used to way back in the early days of this game.  I had a lousy, lousy team at the D2 level that I was rebuilding.  Back then, you used to see a lot of recruits with the same first and last name.  So I had a few Ryan Ryan's, James James, etc.

I think I had a "Stephen King" once, too -- he was a terrifying DL, so the name was perfect.
5/3/2012 3:32 PM
caesari
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My mom had a friend who was named Kelly Zeigler.... She married Brian Kelly. Now, she is Kelly Kelly. 
5/3/2012 5:39 PM
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Funny you should mention Kelly...  My friend Kelli with an i married a Kelly with a y and now they're both Kelly Murphy...  very confusing when the phone rings.  If only old country singer Kitty Wells had married country singer Conway Twitty, she'd have been Kitty Twitty... how cool would that have been?!
5/3/2012 5:50 PM
glaity
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Posted by mannowar on 5/3/2012 5:50:00 PM (view original):
Funny you should mention Kelly...  My friend Kelli with an i married a Kelly with a y and now they're both Kelly Murphy...  very confusing when the phone rings.  If only old country singer Kitty Wells had married country singer Conway Twitty, she'd have been Kitty Twitty... how cool would that have been?!
and if she'd been in the 80's band Scritti Politi?
lead singer Kitty Twitty of Scritti Politi
5/3/2012 5:52 PM
caesari
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OOH! The coach at a private high school out where I live is Terry Pirtle... With wife Terri Pirtle. Forgotten about that....
5/3/2012 5:55 PM
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LOL... +1 on Scritti Politi... completely forgot about them...  I love how this thread completely evolved into something else...  No Chad Johnsons in this recruiting class, so my Uno Cuatro plan will have to wait another season.

5/3/2012 6:53 PM
chawks12
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James Brown is my current QB. JB was called the hardest working man in show business, my QB should take note!
5/4/2012 5:25 AM
bdesio
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I landed a DB named John Johns last season. 
5/4/2012 10:44 AM
rcain
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I have a player named Richard Akers
5/4/2012 1:23 PM
cydrych
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Years ago, I played a team who started RB Speedy Gonzalez against me.  I know what you are wondering... did I have any problems keeping him in check?  Si, Senor!
5/4/2012 1:31 PM
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Posted by kilabe on 5/3/2012 1:14:00 PM (view original):
I have a William Williams on my Willamette team in Dobie.
I had a William Williams back when I was at Williams in Bryant
5/5/2012 8:31 AM
caesari
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Just signed Bruce Lee
5/7/2012 7:21 PM
Arfy
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It's always fun when you get two players with the same name and you get to change one of them.  I beilieve it was Nelson who had Vanilla Ice.
5/8/2012 12:49 AM
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