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* '''Keep'''. I find it highly likely that this topic meets GNG with hard-to-access sources. Rate played in the NFL, was [https://www.newspapers.com/image/37777266/?terms=rate%20purdue%20captain&match=1 team captain at Purdue] (one of the top cfb teams in the country), and I'm almost certain he has a SIGCOV biography in the book ''The Badgers: Milwaukee's NFL Entry of 1922-1926''. What makes it extremely difficult to find sources is the fact that newspapers of that period often discussed players just by their last name, and his last name is an '''extremely''' common word. [[User:BeanieFan11|BeanieFan11]] ([[User talk:BeanieFan11|talk]]) 20:29, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
* '''Keep'''. I find it highly likely that this topic meets GNG with hard-to-access sources. Rate played in the NFL, was [https://www.newspapers.com/image/37777266/?terms=rate%20purdue%20captain&match=1 team captain at Purdue] (one of the top cfb teams in the country), and I'm almost certain he has a SIGCOV biography in the book ''The Badgers: Milwaukee's NFL Entry of 1922-1926''. What makes it extremely difficult to find sources is the fact that newspapers of that period often discussed players just by their last name, and his last name is an '''extremely''' common word. [[User:BeanieFan11|BeanieFan11]] ([[User talk:BeanieFan11|talk]]) 20:29, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
*:Wishful thinking is not good enough, nor are excuses to mask why reliable sources have not been proffered. You should be well aware of the provisions of [[WP:V]] by now: speculation doesn't count. [[User talk:Ravenswing|'''<span style="background:#2B22AA;color:#E285FF"> '' Ravenswing '' </span>''' ]] 05:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
*:Wishful thinking is not good enough, nor are excuses to mask why reliable sources have not been proffered. You should be well aware of the provisions of [[WP:V]] by now: speculation doesn't count. [[User talk:Ravenswing|'''<span style="background:#2B22AA;color:#E285FF"> '' Ravenswing '' </span>''' ]] 05:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
*:This link says he was captain of the Third Team, not captain of Purdue. [[1920 Purdue Boilermakers football team]] says F. J. Birk was the team captain. Purdue was not one of the top teams in the country then! [[User:Reywas92|Reywas92]]<sup>[[User talk:Reywas92|Talk]]</sup> 16:50, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
*'''Redirect''' until sources are found and added per SPORTBASIC. The assertion that significant coverage is likely to exist is insufficient to establish notability anywhere on enwiki, and that goes double for sports biographies which must actually include SIGCOV sourcing in the article. –[[User:Dlthewave|dlthewave]] [[User_talk:Dlthewave|☎]] 04:26, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
*'''Redirect''' until sources are found and added per SPORTBASIC. The assertion that significant coverage is likely to exist is insufficient to establish notability anywhere on enwiki, and that goes double for sports biographies which must actually include SIGCOV sourcing in the article. –[[User:Dlthewave|dlthewave]] [[User_talk:Dlthewave|☎]] 04:26, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
** Ah, I see, so when we know SIGCOV exists we just don't have hours of time to search and $40 to spend we just say "oh well" and get rid of the article. Makes sense. [[User:BeanieFan11|BeanieFan11]] ([[User talk:BeanieFan11|talk]]) 15:28, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
** Ah, I see, so when we know SIGCOV exists we just don't have hours of time to search and $40 to spend we just say "oh well" and get rid of the article. Makes sense. [[User:BeanieFan11|BeanieFan11]] ([[User talk:BeanieFan11|talk]]) 15:28, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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Fails WP:GNG and prong 5 of WP:SPORTBASIC. Article has for 11 years remained as a sub-stub unsupported by any SIGCOV, and my searches failed to find any. (I tried redirecting to List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920–1929)#1923, but the redirect was reverted by User:BeanieFan11. A redirect remains a reasonable alternative to deletion IMO.) Cbl62 (talk) 02:38, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]