Bengal's Chad Johnson Changes Name to OchoCinco

The Smoking Gun ^ | 9/5/2008 | TSG

[alarm rider]

There is a great sports guy in Baltimore named Peter Schmuck.

[AndrewB]

Ochenta y cinco to the rest of us.

[irishtenor]

I guess there are a lot of Schmucks out there :>)

[From The Deer Stand]

Just like Buckwheat of the Little Rascals changing his name to Kareem Awheat....

[Humble Servant]

Dang, that’s funny!
A genuine bangeroo. I needed that.

[Skywalk]

That’s true and his English nick was “eighty-five.” however, that construction is not an error so much as what sounds better to the English ear AND is similar to things in our language “Deuce-deuce” “Six-Fo’” or the common one for a .45 caliber, “Four Fifth.”

[So Cal Rocket]

He's not the first player to have his last name match his uniform number:

[Tublecane]

Calm down. It doesn’t take much energy to make fun of Ochenta y Cinco. Here, I’ll burn a couple more calories:

In a related story, Barrack Hussein Obama has announced his plans, once elected, to sympathize with Iraqi dissidents by changing his name to Hussein Hussein Hussein.

[Slings and Arrows]

Considering that he's a Bengal he should change his name to "Iwanna Lawyer".

[martin_fierro]

As seen in these additional documents, prior petitioners were born with such unfortunate names like Fuk King, Dick, Doody, Schmuck, Queer, Suckey, Pinas, Porn, Fukova, and Ralph Lifshitz (who changed his name to Ralph Lauren). Yes, that Ralph Lauren.

Oh No You Didn't! PING

[GOP_Raider]

Sweet photo, even though Otto was WAY before my time.