Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Callahan (American football)

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 23:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Callahan (American football)[edit]

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Fails WP:NGRIDIRON and has not received coverage outside of transaction or game recaps. Clearly either an WP:AUTOBIO or was created by family/friends GPL93 (talk) 22:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 22:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 22:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 22:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There appears to be a lot of coverage. Here's an example: "Temple's Star Receiver: Jim Callahan the Living End", 11/1/67.

As someone who grew up reading the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News sports pages, I'd say that this is pretty routine coverage for a better player on a Temple football team. Best, GPL93 (talk) 03:47, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, a three-column feature story in a major metropolitan newspaper is not WP:ROUTINE coverage. Second, Callahan was not just a "better player" on a Temple team: he shattered Temple's all-time records for scoring (game, season, and career) and receiving yards (season and career). Cbl62 (talk) 08:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here is another piece defining the three years from 1967 to 1969 as the "Waller-Callahan Era" at Temple. Also inducted into both the Temple and Mid-Atlantic Conference Halls of Fame. See here and here. Cbl62 (talk) 09:24, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep feature articles are WP:NOTROUTINE and show passing WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 17:11, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: As per above, feature articles are WP:NOTROUTINE and show passing WP:GNG -- Whiteguru (talk) 09:39, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG with sources in article. The article has been cleaned up since the AfD. Notable player who set several Temple records. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 14:05, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:GNG and WP:BASIC, per the sourcing and improvements to the article that have been made since this AfD was opened. Ejgreen77 (talk) 04:20, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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