Florida-born rugby player Taco Pope — who’s in the Jacksonville Axemen Hall of Fame — comes from a family full of food-names.
He has brothers named Apple-Joe and Pepci. His mother, Chili-Lu, has a brother named Pepar and a sister named Cofi. Pepar has a daughter named Colby (“after the cheese”). Cofi has four children named Sage, Bran, Cinnamon-T and Dentyne (“after the American chewing gum brand”).
The initial food names were thought up by grandparents Rex and Dortha Lou. Dortha Lou’s nickname? “Pork.”
So does Taco Pope like his name? He told one reporter that it had never been a hindrance. On the contrary, it was “a good conversation starter.”
Sources:
- “Obituaries.” Florida Times-Union 4 Sept. 2004.
- Walshaw, Nick. “Taco and Apple take the cake.” Daily Telegraph 16 Nov. 2009.
Image: Adapted from Tacos veganos surtidos 01 by Luis Alvaz under CC BY-SA 4.0.
