Talk:Pug Lund

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 02:13, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

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Lund from 1935 Minnesota yearbook

• ... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pug Lund (pictured) finally received his college degree 62 years after enrolling at the University of Minnesota? Source: here ("Former All-American, 80, finally graduates ... He completed the paperwork for his dgree in education in December, and donned the cap and gown and marched in the commencement exercises this spring. ... finally, 62 years after entering the university, it was graduation day")
  • Reviewed: Anita Gustafson

Expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:54, 29 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Pug Lund; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Cbl62: Nice work. Almost good to go. Just need a citation at the end of He attended Rice Lake High School. You may also want to check out reference two ("Lund May Have Broken Rib, Physicians Say") as that's giving me a message of "This page is not available" when I click on the link. Also, I read that At the end of his college career in November 1934, Lund rejected offers to play professional football. Asked about the prospect of college football, Lund responded, "Not on your life." – shouldn't it say Asked about the prospect of professional football... or am I not reading it right? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:43, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review. I have fixed those issues. Cbl62 (talk) 21:26, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
  • BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:03, 29 June 2023 (UTC)