In 1992, Leeds United F.C. superfans Jeanne and Andrew Cazaux welcomed a baby boy. They named him “Dominic Andrew Lukic Newsome Fairclough Whyte Dorigo McAllister Batty Strachan Speed Chapman Cantona Cazaux” after the following Leeds players:
- John Lukic
- Jon Newsome
- Chris Fairclough
- Chris Whyte
- Tony Dorigo
- Gary McAllister
- David Batty
- Gordon Strachan
- Gary Speed
- Lee Chapman
- Eric Cantona
So which team does Dominic root for these days? Arsenal. “I think I chose Arsenal mainly to rebel,” he said. “I was only about eight years old and it was just one of those things you do to go against your parents. They were disappointed but said that it was my choice.”
Dominic isn’t the only person out there named after a soccer team, believe it or not. There are several others, including Jensen Jay Alexander Bikey Carlisle Duff Elliot Fox Iwelumo Marney Mears Paterson Thompson Wallace Preston, who was named after 14 Burnley F.C. players.
Source: So what would you do if your parents named you after the entire Leeds United team?
Image: Adapted from Portugal 2-3 Denmark, Football by José Goulão under CC BY-SA 2.0.