Talk:John Land (field hockey)
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:34, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that 1964 Olympic field hockey player John Land played for England into his late 70s? Source: "He also played in the first ever team international O75 against Holland in 2015." from:"Great Britain And England Hockey Saddened To Hear Of Death Of John Land". GB Hockey.
- ALT1: ... that northerner John Land was selected for the Great Britain field hockey team at the 1964 Summer Olympics, at a time when it was unusual for players from outside Southern England to make the team? Source: "John was an exceptional athlete, very quick and a rare breed in that he played for England and Great Britain in the 1960s, playing in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo at a time when most hockey internationals came from the south" from: "John Land, 1938-2021". Hockey Museum. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mombasa tusks
5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:54, 10 December 2021 (UTC).
- ...5X expanded, length ok, no copyvio issues, reads well, referenced and not stub. Both hooks are good and are in the article followed by inline citations which contain the hook facts. QPQ provided. Whispyhistory (talk) 10:55, 10 December 2021 (UTC)