Talk:1912 Army Cadets football team

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Did you know... that a future president of the United States played halfback for the 1912 Army Cadets football team?

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eisenhower went on to coach the army team.

"Eisenhower's college football career ended on November 16 when he sustained a knee injury against Tufts.[3]"

this is slightly ambiguous. later, eisenhower was coach of the army team. even later, he was president of yale.

2601:48:C601:50E0:50AC:9458:DBB0:53E (talk) 21:48, 5 June 2021 (UTC)gtbear at gmail[reply]

Text changed to refer to his playing career. Cbl62 (talk) 17:14, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Coolperson177 (talk) 03:33, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a future President of the United States played halfback for the 1912 Army Cadets football team?
- QPQ: Harold A. Littledale

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:23, 27 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Everything checks out here. Hook is just vague enough to be enticing while still being remaining factual. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 05:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To Prep 6. — Coolperson177 (t|c) 03:33, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]