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Shaun Quinlan (ice hockey)

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Non professional athlete. Fails WP:Athlete Shadowjams (talk) 04:04, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I sent a similar message to Shadowjams (talk) The tag placed on Shaun Quinlan (ice hockey) for deletion I couldn't disagree more with.

http://people.famouswhy.com/shaun_quinlan/

The National Hockey League was looking to sign Shaun Quinlan in the mid-1960's. Played for semi-pro and NHL farm teams as injuries persisted.

The Boston University Terriers Men's Ice team is not only one of the best in the country, but one of the best in the world at the college level. To be scouted to play there is an honor that few can say they ever did. This man was a high school stand out for Arlington High School and could have went pro had it not been for injuries. He played with Jack Parker, one of, if not the winningest coach in Division 1 college hockey history. You say, non-professional. Wow, Travis Roy from Boston University was never a professional as well as many other so called professional athletes on Wikipedia. This man is achived in the Internet Hockey Database, played for one of the best college hockey teams in the world, played for the second highest winning coach in high school history Eddie Burns and his name is archived in the Boston University hockey family. Wikipedia is about athletes and important people who achieved greatness in whatever they did. This man was a great athlete and links to many Hall of Fame individuals. It's athletes like this that paved the way for the young athletes today. I remember friends telling me about Negro league baseball players, some made the pros and some didn't but they all made an impact on the game of baseball and will always be remembered the same way this man should in the hockey world. It has been over 40 years since this man played so statistics have faded into outdated record books, but they are out there and just need to be located. This amazing athlete has earned the right as a man to be here on Wikipedia for his place on one of the greatest greatest college hockey franchises in history! This man repesents hockey nostalgia and can enhance Wikipedia through Hall of Fame hockey links and articles. I ask you sir, do the right thing and let this great hockey player and member of the Boston University Terrier hockey family be a member of the Wikipedia family, he has earned that right! Shaun Quinlan was scouted by Boston University to play hockey for the Terriers. His play in high school, Arlington High School especially, earned him a fully paid athletic scholarship to play at Boston University for free. If one knows hockey, I mean really know their hockey in the hockey world, he or she can tell you Boston University will not even so much as look at you unless you are a superstar at the high school level. Boston University paid this mans tuition, they paid him to play for them, he was that good and could have went pro if not for injuries. All one in the athletic world has to do is look at the bottom of an athletes Wikipedia page and see the Category:Boston University Terriers ice hockey players and that sums up this person was the best of the best in hockey at that time. Remember, many Negro baseball players are in the Hall of Fame. Yes, they were not pros (Major League Baseball), but the impact they made on the game should NEVER be forgotten and that fact doesn't mean they weren't good enough. Wikipedia is like the Hall of Fame, great athletes on historic teams have a rightful place on this great project and every time one is added it enhances the overall Wiki.

Thank You & God Bless Wikipedia's Editor's and Staff,

Bladezuvsteel (talk) 14:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This sounds like an inexperienced nomination and no real reason has been given for deletion. URBAN-ANDY (talk) 20:22, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]