Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Prudencio Garcia

He was the first american official in the World Cup. This and his membership in the Soccer Hall of Fame are sufficient notoriety. "The first American to serve as an official at the World Cup. Garcia became a certified FIFA referee in 1949, and one of the events to which he was assigned in that first year was the North American Championships in Mexico, which was a World Cup qualifying tourney. He was on FIFA’s panel of referees at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, and while he did not referee any of the 22 games, he was a linesman for four of them, including the third-place game between Sweden and Spain" [] and []. See also 1950 FIFA World Cup NancZRyan (talk) 23:01, 18 January 2020 (UTC)