Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wally Garard


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The result was keep. Closing early per WP:SNOW and WP:GNG.

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Wally Garard

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fails WP:NCOLLATH, mostly falls under WP:ROUTINE. The selection in the 1939 draft doesn't cut it as per WP:NGRIDIRON. Hyperwave11 (talk) 00:49, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Hyperwave11 (talk) 00:49, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep, I believe he meets GNG with the coverage in the article from The San Francisco Examiner, the Concord Transcript, and the Oakland Tribune. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:52, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 02:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets GNG per BeanieFan. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 14:49, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per User:BeanieFan11. Significant, non-routine coverage exists in the article, enough to satisfy WP:GNG.  Frank   Anchor  15:40, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per BeanieFan and WP:GNG. Garard was a star player at Saint Mary's, which was an elite program in the 1930s under Slip Madigan. He was picked with the 28th overall pick in the 1939 NFL Draft -- showing the high regard in which he was held as one of the top competitors in the sport at that time.  The fact that he chose not to play professional football should not be held against him -- the NFL was not then what it is now, and many elite players opted not to play at the pro level. Cbl62 (talk) 19:13, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:51, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per GNG. Rlendog (talk) 01:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Meets WP:GNG and WP:BASIC, per all above. Ejgreen77 (talk) 14:24, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep It's rare to see an article with such detail and thorough coverage. This is a clear pass of WP:GNG regardless of failure of any other notability guideline.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:34, 22 November 2021 (UTC)


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