Talk:Archie Manning

RfC: Cooper Manning
A portion of a sentence in the Cooper Manning section seems to have been copied without attribution from USA TODAY.

The portion is, "...he was once an All-State High School receiver, catching touchdown passes from his little brother Peyton, and he was a hot commodity headed for the University of Mississippi."

The original sentence is, "He was once an all-state high school receiver, catching touchdown passes from little brother Peyton, and a hot commodity headed for Mississippi." 

63.165.120.33 (talk) 12:07, 10 September 2009 (UTC)


 * (I couldn't find a photo or a history section in the article, so I changed the title of this section to match the text.) Attribution is always good.  Best course of action would be to just add a citation to the sentence.  Thundermaker (talk) 17:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Just rewrite that part so it does not violate any copyright. use the source that you found. Richard (talk) 00:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

A Question About the General Backdrop

Manning was a superb athlete who was ripe not just for the NFL draft, but for the draft which sent millions of men his age to Vietnam. What did Manning do to avoid the draft -- get into a reserve component, get past the old form of the draft and then get a safe lottery number, or have an alum help him? He had to have something happen or he would have been serving overseas like millions of others his age, but the article just ignores the general historical backdrop of his college career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.20.187 (talk) 04:22, 26 December 2013 (UTC) Even if he was classified as 1A and took no steps at all to avoid the draft he likely would not have been drafted. Such was my own case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.133.158.129 (talk) 17:01, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

I was drafted out of law school, where I was a 4.0 student, back then. So I know the draft pressure was intense. Also, Manning was a valuable asset to his college, which would NOT have taken the risk that he might receive a draft letter in the mail one fine day. So you can bet your bottom dollar plenty of consideration was given to how to get him out of the draft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.20.187 (talk) 01:32, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Cooper Manning
When one clicks on Cooper Manning it redirects them to this page. Is there a page on cooper or is it a broken link? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Superbowlbound (talk • contribs) 03:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC).
 * I fixed the redirect so it points directly to Cooper's subentry here. I also created an actual substub here. fethers 04:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Photograph
I am looking forward to seeing a photo of Archie Manning here in the future. McTrixie/Mr Accountable 16:51, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Name
Archie Manning's name is Achie not Elisha, Elisha is Archie Manning's father's name. I read the book he wrote. Also Archie was born in Drew, Mississippi... maybe the guy who originally wrote this was copying the bio of Archie's dad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.225.240.109 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 17 November 2007


 * Different sources give Archie's birth name as "Elisha Archibald Manning III", "Archibald Elisha Manning III", or "Elisha Archie Manning III". According to Archie in his 2000 book Manning (co-authored with Peyton Manning and John Underwood), his father Buddy's "real name was Elisha Archie Manning, Junior, my namesake.  (I used to write it as 'Archibald' instead of 'Archie' until I saw the birth certificate." It's not crystal clear from this, however, if Archie's own birth name follows his father's name, or is slightly different. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:35, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Birthplace
According to the College Football HOF, he was born in Cleveland, but went to HS in Drew. --rogerd (talk) 03:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Check this out?
What does the line mean about 2 of 4 passes for 78 yards. Was that his final season? Because the touchdown / interception has to be career-long. Help?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.230.240.158 (talk) 02:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * This page has been heavily vandalized over the last few days. -- k a i n a w &trade; 19:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

'Ole Miss' ?
The article several times refers to University of Mississippi as "Ole Miss". Is it appropriate to refer to an academic institution by its nickname? I'm not sure if there is a Wikipedia policy on this, but the common sense test tells me that such terminology doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. --Yesteraeon (talk) 18:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I was wondering how to make a new page? Anybody know how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Freako976 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Cooper Manning
You guys are right. There should be an article on Cooper Manning. I would like to make one, but I don't know how to make a new page. Anybody know how? Freako976 (talk) 14:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)--Freako976 (talk) 14:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Manning Passing Academy
Archie and his sons operate the Manning Passing Academy, one of the most prestigious summer football camps for high school athletes. It is commonly staffed by the best college quarterbacks in the nation. 24.155.243.170 (talk) 22:23, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Archie's Reputation
I'm sure there's a citation somewhere, but Archie is commonly referred to as a likely NFL hall of famer if he had ever played for a good team. 24.155.243.170 (talk) 22:23, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Olivia Manning
Olivia is the true rock of the family. She should have an article. Sdsnc (talk) 03:54, 29 December 2009 (UTC) Stephanie Sprunger
 * Still not there, after five years. Enter her name to see, "For the wife of American football quarterback Archie Manning and mother of Cooper, Peyton, and Eli Manning, see their respective articles." FYI, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 02:41, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

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Archie’s father
I think it would be nice to give a bit more depth on Archie’s father: what was his job? Where did he come from? What was his religion? Etcetera. -Wwallacee (talk) 19:13, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Elijah?
For some reason his page says "Elijah Archibald Manning III" and not Elisha. But isn't his name Elisha or am I missing something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by J2k16 (talk • contribs) 01:37, 5 February 2024 (UTC)