He changed his name to match the misspellingSourced
People kept misspelling his surname.
He legally changed it.
American football player Ray Jennison was born with the surname Jenison. He said people repeatedly added an extra n, so he eventually changed it legally to Jennison. He played for the Green Bay Packers in 1931.
The error became
the official spelling.
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