Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bobby Brown (footballer, born 1887)

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) The helper5667 (talk) 21:31, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bobby Brown (footballer, born 1887) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Stub article about a little known soccer player with only three sources that don't make him seem particularly noteworthy. I also did some digging outside and I still didn't find much about him. The helper5667 (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. The helper5667 (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and England. Shellwood (talk) 01:03, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 10:32, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - ignorant nomination. This is a player who made 28 appearances in the English Football League, the premier competition at that time - and of course you're going to struggle to find online sources about someone born in 1887! Did you look in the Newspaper archives? GiantSnowman 10:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Not to be confused with the Bobby Brown's born in the 20th century. I'd be shocked if this player wasn't notable, as was playing in the top tier of English football in the 1907–08 season.[1] There would have been plenty of coverage from numerous sources at that time, difficult to find but would be easy to establish notability with the right sources given popularity of English football back then. CNC (talk) 10:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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