Our fair city has been hit with another cold spell this week, and so it should come as no surprise that I once again woke up this morning frozen to the sidewalk.  That being the case, instead of an actual, current post, we’re going to take a look back at an FCL “Classic” post, from the days before we were not yet beholden to the corporate overlords at APPLETON ESTATE RUM and MICROSOFT. 

So pull up a chair and enjoy this little number from May 7, 2008!  Some of these still make sense, and others were based on rumours circulating at the time which have since either been forgotten or debunked.  Either way, it’s the best you’re going to get from us today.

The Definitive List of Professional Athletes’ Vanity Licence Plates

As editors of a non-profit sports and entertainment blog, we are regularly granted exclusive access to sporting events.  Some sports writers might use this unfettered access to get the inside scoop on professional athletes in their native environment; namely, the locker room. 

But we at Food Court Lunch do things a little bit differently.  We know that the canned answers that professional athletes dole out like homespun wisdom in locker room interviews rarely tell anything about what is actually going in the athletes’ heads. We’ve discovered that you can actually learn more about a professional athlete by spending some time in the athletes’ parking lot, looking at what is printed on their license plates.  It’s like a window into their souls.

What follows is Food Court Lunch’s definitive list of actual vanity license plates of professional athletes.  We leave the conclusions as to what each of the plates actually says about the athlete’s state of mind up to you.

Elijah Dukes: 

Dwyane Wade: 

Frank Thomas:

Terrell Owens:

Derek Jeter:

Maurice Clarett:

Pacman Jones: (car presumed stolen)

Roger Clemens:

Shawn Kemp:

 Reggie Bush:

Prince Fielder:

Oscar De La Hoya:

Travis Henry: (two cars)

 

Sean Avery:

Jaromir Jagr:

Vince Carter:

Michael Vick:

Dany Heatley:

Dmitri Young:

Phil Mickelson:

Latrell Sprewell:

Tony Romo:

Tracy McGrady:

John Rocker:

Add more as you find ‘em, folks!