The Official Football Player of HGS (Awesome Name Series #1)

As many of you have probably now realized by reading my previous posts, I have an interest in nomenclature. Oh yes, I have been known from time to time to submit papers in graduate seminars that utilize Lacanian psychoanalytic theory in order to analyze the use of language and the act of naming to discuss power dynamics in the novels of Charles Dickens (see Feghoot's "Handles and Handels: Nomenclature as Ownership in Dickens's Great Expectations"). For this post, however, I do not want to venture into critical theory as much as I would like to create awareness and promote appreciation for those people in our world who have been bestowed awesome names. I hope that other contributors to this blog will, over time, add their own Awesomely Named Individuals (ANIs) to the discussion. So here it is: the inaugural post in the Awesome Name Series.

I just recently finished watching my TIVOed Fox Soccer Report (not an entirely exciting program, but useful for preparing for the weekly pub quiz) on which they include a weekly feature known as "Saves of the Week." During this feature, they showed the highlight saves by an Argentinean goalkeeper whose name is:

FABIAN ASSMANN.

Fabian is actually his middle name, which makes all the difference in terms of his awesomeness since his first name is actually, get this, Walter. He wears the number one on his jersey, so I found it fitting that he be number one in our Awesome Name series. So here's to you, Walter Fabian Assmann: number one for Club Atletico Independiente, number one in our hearts!