Derek Parlane McQueen – The Biggest Name in Football

Most people inherit the team they support from their parents. Usually because they take you to games when you’re young and the dye is cast. But Derek McQueen got more than that from his dad. When Derek was born in 1975, his father named him after every player in Rangers 1974/5 league winning team. His full name is (deep breath…)

Derek Parlane Stein Jackson Hunter McCloy Kennedy Scott Forsyth Henderson Boyd Robertson O’Hara Johnstone Miller Dawson Armour McDougall McLean McKean Fyfe McDonald Jardine Young Morris Denny Hamilton Watson Greig Wallace McQueen.

That’s his first name, his last name and 29 Rangers players’ names inbetween for a grand total of 198 letters. Which (according to The Sun) may give McQueen the record for world’s longest name.

“I don’t imagine many people will have longer names than myself,” Derek told The Sun. “When folk ask me I can’t even remember them all — even after all this time.”

“They wouldn’t put my full name on my driving licence or even my registration for my kids.

“On forms they simply reduce it to the first name, which is Parlane. But I quite enjoy the middle names — it is unique and a bit of fun. Most people just laugh. However it means something to my dad which is nice.”

Which begs the question: If you were going to make a mockery of your child’s birth certificate just to make yourself smile, which specific squad would you name them after?

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