Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1942 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team


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The result was Speedy keep, let's not waste our time. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 04:19, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

1942 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team

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Non-notable historical, local football team. See also 1944 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team and 1943 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team. ck lostsword•T•C 01:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC) I (Iowa13, creator of the articles) am in the process of adding information to the articles which will cancel the deletion. Here is some temporary information: the 1943 team finished No. 2 in the final Associated Press Poll, and the 1944 team finished No. 6. The 1943 team was named the No. 1 service team in the nation. All three teams had numerous famous college and professional football players and were coached by legendary college football coaches. The teams were considered the finest service teams in the nation during World War II. Service teams during World War II were generally more popular than the major university teams with whom they shared facilities, and generally performed better as well. About 15 to 20 service teams played Division 1-A football during the war, and only one or two suffered losing seasons, while nearly half were ranked in the top twenty. I'm guessing your Google hunch is correct. The teams do have some acclaim on the Internet, but it is difficult to find. Several of the online sources I have provided should be enough for anyone doubting the teams' prominence. Also, I should note that, contrary to popular stereotypes, the Iowa Pre-Flight teams played mostly non-service teams, including the 1941 national champion Minnesota, the 1942 national champion Ohio State, the 1943 national champion Notre Dame, and many other powerhouse programs of the day, and beat most of them.
 * Speedy Close Please STAY AWAY from subjects that you don't know anything about.  Some background:  Back in 1942, the U.S. was involved in World War II.  During the war years 1942-44, college football players who went into the military often played on "service teams" before being sent overseas.  Iowa Pre-Flight, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, etc., played college football teams.  A college football fan would recognize the significance of a team that played against Nebraska, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame.  A "non-notable historical local football team".  Please.
 * Strong Keep. Appears to have equal notability to many university football teams, and also appears to have many reliable sources. To the nom - did you google this and assume due to lack of Google hits that it's non-notable? Because Google hits, although a pretty good standard for 21st century United States pop culture items, is less useful for subjects that existed long before the advent of the Net. -- Charlene 02:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy close and strong keep looks like these were all nominated in error, maybe nom will withdraw? Capmango 05:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
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