Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norman Hobson

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The result was Result was Keep - nomination withdrawn by nominator. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:56, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Norman Hobson

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Doesn't appear to meet either WP:GNG or WP:NFOOTY (only 3rd tier). Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:41, 24 August 2015 (UTC) Withdrawn by nominator[reply]

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Keep. The football/soccer-specific notability guideline WP:NFOOTY says

"Players who have played, and managers who have managed in a fully professional league, will generally be regarded as notable. See a list of fully professional leagues kept by WikiProject Football."

If we look at that page, we see that the top four levels of English football are fully professional: it would perhaps be helpful if the list included previous as well as curent names, for clarity. This player has more than 200 appearances in fully professional leagues, so passes WP:NFOOTY quite comfortably. Incidentally, I'm surprised this article was AfD'd within 10 minutes of its creation: a bit trigger-happy...? cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:28, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A minimal amount of research would have shown up his 212 league appearances - Google is your friend!--Egghead06 (talk) 08:16, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - over 200 apperances in the Football League confirmed by Neil Brown. Giant Snowman 09:00, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Subject passes WP:NFOOTBALL. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:44, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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