Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leo Fischer


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 22:30, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Leo Fischer

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Is mentioned in sources, but I couldn't establish that he meets WP:JOURNALIST, WP:BIO generally or WP:GNG. Has been tagge for notability for almost seven years, so hopefully we can resolve it one way or another now. Boleyn (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep I don't know how important he was a journalist. Longtime sports editor of one of the Chicago newspapers, in all of the sports writers' associations. But it was a long time ago. I'd defer to someone who knows more about the history of sports writing. But I think he could well qualify for his role as executive of one of the predecessors of the NBA at at important time in its history. See The National Basketball League: A History, 1935-1949. Also softball. He organized the first national tournament and the group that standardized the rules. He would seem to be an important person in the history of softball. See Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries. – Margin1522 (talk) 02:57, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep The thing that give him notability is currently uncited (President of the NBL), but I WP:AGF.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:49, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - This Chicago sportswriter is credited as the father of the World Series of Softball and founder of the American Softball Association by The Big Book of Jewish Baseball. This is also recognized on the St. Bonaventure University's History of Softball site. Clear pass of GNG. Carrite (talk) 21:53, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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