Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casey Martin (Football)
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The result was delete.
Spartaz Humbug! 14:14, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
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Casey Martin (Football)
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WP:NSPORT for pro football: didn't play in a CFL game (retired before the season started), his college football honors are in Conference USA honor roll mostly, which isn't listed in Template:College football award navbox. He does have some local news articles. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 05:56, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
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- Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 05:57, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mississippi-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 05:57, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
- Comment Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] From nl.newsbank.com, Sun Herald: "Houston transfer Martin has been pleasant surprise for USM", "Saturday's Texas State game a family affair for USM's Martin" WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 06:28, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
- Sun Herald is local to Mississippi, and Ottawa Citizen to where he was going to play for CFL until he didn't. USA Today's article is in the context of his reception record for just the school. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 07:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
- Note his college career section would have to be completely rewritten so as to not be a copyvio of his Southern Miss profile anymore. A lot of the content is now removed. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 07:31, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
Weak delete. He may have been viral during the draft but he never played professionally and no reason was given. Could it be he never made the team?Postcard Cathy (talk) 18:42, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
- He retired before he could play in a CFL game so he doesn't qualify for ]
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