{"id":35645,"date":"2023-05-25T05:37:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/i-didnt-love-travis-chiefs-te-reveals-he-wanted-to-change-his-name-to-charles-in-honor-of-legendary-nba-player\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T05:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:37:17","slug":"i-didnt-love-travis-chiefs-te-reveals-he-wanted-to-change-his-name-to-charles-in-honor-of-legendary-nba-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/i-didnt-love-travis-chiefs-te-reveals-he-wanted-to-change-his-name-to-charles-in-honor-of-legendary-nba-player\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI didn&#8217;t love Travis\u201d &#8211; Chiefs TE reveals he wanted to change his name to Charles in honor of legendary NBA player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3971575\" data-slug-id=\"1521763\">\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce is built a little different from other pro athletes. He loves to have fun, he is outgoing and more importantly, fans absolutely love him.<\/p>\n<p>The future Hall of Famer is known worldwide, but there was a time when he wasn&#8217;t a fan of his name. Yes, you read that right. In a recent appearance on Rhodes Scientist on &#8220;NBA on TNT,&#8221; Kelce revealed that when he was younger he didn&#8217;t like the name Travis.<\/p>\n<p>So, what did he do? He told everyone his first name was the same as his favorite basketball player at the time, Charles Barkley.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo, when I was five years old \u2013 this is probably &#8217;93-94 \u2013 I moved from kind of, I moved closer to the city,&#8221; Kelce said. &#8220;So, when we moved, I thought it was the perfect time to tell the neighbourhood or the kids that I was meeting that, you know, I&#8217;m officially changing my name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So, I didn&#8217;t love Travis. I learned to grow into it, I guess. But, um, yeah, Chuck was my favorite basketball player. There were a few other than Charlies that were on the movie screen that I that I love, too, but, I mean, Chuck was by far my favorite basketball player. Yeah, I was telling everybody in the neighbourhood that my name is Charles.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rhodes Scientist + Travis Kelce | The Steam Room | NBA on TNT\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0eHqrxVo1U8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\" data-embed=\"0eHqrxVo1U8\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/fd27a-16849738374195-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/fd27a-16849738374195-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Travis Kelce now a household name due to stunning NFL career with the Chiefs<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs&amp;#039; victory parade\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg?w=720 720w ,https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg?w=840 840w, https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w , https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 720w,(max-width: 420px) 840w,(max-width: 600px) 1200w, 1920w\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs&amp;#039; victory parade\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/4ad97-16849738908452-1920.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201279%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; victory parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 33-year-old is regarded by many as the greatest tight end to ever play, and that is some praise considering the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/rob-gronkowski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Rob Gronkowski<\/a>, Tony Gonzalez and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/shannon-sharpe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Shannon Sharpe<\/a> have all the played the game. But looking at his stats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/travis-kelce-track-become-greatest-tight-end-nfl-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">its easy to see why people might think Travis Kelce is at the top<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UNDISPUTED - Skip and Shannon reacts Travis Kelce has become the best TE ever\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eEMwTg-N8a4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\" data-embed=\"eEMwTg-N8a4\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/9b121-16849742360890-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/05\/9b121-16849742360890-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/news-shannon-sharpe-settles-travis-kelce-rob-gronkowski-greatest-te-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">He has seven consecutive seasons of 1,000 receiving yards and has eight consecutive Pro Bowl nods<\/a>. That&#8217;s impressive.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UNDISPUTED | &quot;Kansas City Chiefs is KING in NFL&quot; - Shannon claims Travis Kelce is #1 TE Mt. 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Others have played over 200 games, but Travis Kelce is on 144.<\/p>\n<p>One can only imagine what his stats will look like in another two or three seasons, as even now he is considered the best. 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