Talk:Joe Reilly (American football)

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Merge Joseph Reilly into this page[edit]

I'm not 100% sure, but it appears to me that this article and the article Joseph Reilly are about the same person. Let's review the facts, based solely on what's in these articles:

Both were named Joseph Reilly, and nicknamed "Joe".
Both attended Boston College in 1899, and played football there.
Both became college football coaches after their playing career ended.
"Joseph" was the coach at Georgetown from 1904-1907, while "Joe" was a coach at Boston College in 1908.

Unfortunately, both articles are fairly minimal, especially this one, so there's no direct evidence, but it does seem like too much of a coincidence that this would be two separate people. If these articles are going to be merged, I think they should be merged here, since "Joe" was apparently the name he usually went by. Korny O'Near (talk) 22:31, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Same person. See here. Cbl62 (talk) 22:58, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good find - I just merged it in. Korny O'Near (talk) 02:59, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work, thanks for taking care of this!--MadeYourReadThis (talk) 15:04, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]