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Pete Vann

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• ... that Army quarterback Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record?

• Source: Spinal meningitis (Vann was "afflicted by the dread spinal meningitis" in December 1950 and hospitalized until the end of January).

NCAA passing record ("he established the NCAA single season record (since broken) for most yards per completion at 23.2").

• • Reviewed: First Cathedral of Saint Paul, Bayonet Trench

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 378 past nominations.

Cbl62 (talk) 13:47, 28 November 2024 (UTC).

• Comment: File:Pete Vann (Army).png is usable as an image hook as it's PD-USGov-Army (sometimes, government entities falsely assert copyright). Bremps... 03:49, 30 November 2024 (UTC)