Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1943 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Speedy keep, let's not waste our time. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 04:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

1943 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 1942 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team. ck lostsword•T•C 01:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC) Iowa13 See my discussion of this issue on the 1942 team page.
 * "Speedy Close" as listed above. As Iowa13 points out IOWA PRE-FLIGHT was #2 in the nation in the 1943 College Football AP Poll, second only to Notre Dame.  Read this www.collegefootballpoll.com/polls_1936_present_b.html Mandsford 02:11, 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.
 * Strong Keep per my argument above. The No. 2 university football team in the US in any year is notable. Don't know about the individual athletes, but the team itself has proven notability due to its rank. (Edited because bold is beautiful, but not that much.) -- Charlene 02:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
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