Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pete McCormick

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The result was merge to Central Michigan Chippewas football. ✗plicit 12:05, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I have been only able to verify that this guy existed - he is listed in a table of head coaches in an old book. I can't find anything else at all, and to be honest I don't think there is anything to find about someone who coached college football in the 1890s for 4 games. In the vanishingly small chance that there was enough to say about the guy to write a paragraph, it should surely be on Central Michigan Chippewas football. JMWt (talk) 07:08, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 October 7. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 07:21, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, American football, and Michigan. Shellwood (talk) 07:38, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Looking for sources... BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:54, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- The Isabella County Enterprise (found through the CMU Library) of November 6, 1896, says the following (PD): "The first game of football played in this city came off last Saturday on the Normal campus between Alma and the Normalites. It was well contested and resulted in the score of 6 points to 0, in favor of the former team. The Normal boys played well, considering the small amount of practice they have had, and the fact that their opponents are a crack team, and consist of some good players. The success in their first attempt is greatly due to the management of the captain, Peter McCormick, who played with Albion last season." This may help in searches. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:58, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - There's an obituary here for a Peter McCormick from Michigan (who would be 24 years old in 1896) here, although it doesn't mention anything about coaching. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:08, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. This page from the Central Normal Bulletin (faculty/student publication) in 1908 has more detail, and it seems clear that McCormick was the captain, elected from the ranks of the players, and not a professional coach in the modern sense. I think it's enough to mention him and other early captains in the admittedly unwritten "History" section of Central Michigan Chippewas football. Mackensen (talk) 17:43, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Central Michigan Chippewas football.4meter4 (talk) 19:51, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Central Michigan Chippewas football. Per sources referenced by both Beanie and Mackensen. Cbl62 (talk) 01:30, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 01:31, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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