Talk:Hugh McElhenny

Hugh McElhenny has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Hugh McElhenny is part of the Million Dollar Backfield (San Francisco 49ers) series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

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December 4, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
December 15, 2017	Good topic candidate	Promoted

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Current status: Good article

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Of possible use for expanding this

David Eskenazi, Wayback Machine: Hugh McElhenny & the Kings, Sportspress Northwest, March 22, 2011.

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Hugh McElhenny/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: BlackJack (talk · contribs) 12:04, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Starting review

I'll do this one. Will start soon. Jack | ^{talk page} 12:04, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BlackJack: I think it'd be best to start with this one, if you will. Of the three it's the one I feel most satisfied with. Lizard (talk) 04:44, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Lizard the Wizard: Okay, I'll do McElhenny next, before Johnson. I've done Perry subject to one citation. Sorry, I've been short of time in the last week or so but I will get to them all. Thanks again. Jack | ^{talk page} 09:34, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The main part of the article is fine but I believe some work needs to be done on the introduction. With reference to WP:LEAD, it should really be "three to four paragraphs" (given that the article is 30k-plus) and I think it isn't quite a fully concise summary of the narrative. I'll leave it with you as you know the subject and I don't. Please let me know when you've had chance to consider. Placing "on hold" for now. Good work overall, though, and a very interesting article. He must have been quite a player. All the best. Jack | ^{talk page} 12:52, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BlackJack: I think it should suffice now. Lizard (talk) 20:06, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Lizard the Wizard: Sorry, I read the article again first thing this morning but had to go out and then forgot all about it! It's very good now and I am completely satisfied. Excellent work which deservedly rates GA. Well done. I'll look at John Henry Johnson in a few days, if that's okay. Jack | ^{talk page} 13:24, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1952 NFL Rookie of the Year

He currently isn't displayed on National Football League Rookie of the Year Award. Facts don't seem to be in dispute, but I couldn't tie this to a selector (UPI, Sporting News, etc). Potential supporting cites:

http://sportspressnw.com/2196330/2015/wayback-machine-star-of-years-best-alums
http://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/football-cards/1962-topps/hugh-mcelhenny-92/7993
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-20/sports/sp-10560_1_hugh-mcelhenny (also has a neat Super Bowl coin toss story with Pres Reagan)

Some have referred to it as a unanimous selection, but that article doesn't have 1952 support at the moment. UW Dawgs (talk) 18:43, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I just asked Cbl62 if he could find anything. I was always under the impression that the UPI and Sporting News were the first to give ROTY awards, in 1955. Lizard (talk) 18:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, trading cards are usually terrible sources. For example, McElhenny and Perry never played together at Compton University. That's a misconception that was also in Perry's article. Lizard (talk) 18:58, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, included as directional support for the general research issue. UW Dawgs (talk) 19:03, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Date of Death

He died on June 17th according to ESPN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.122.216.158 (talk) 19:56, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]