Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darroll DeLaPorte

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect‎ to List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920–1929)#1925. Daniel (talk) 22:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Darroll DeLaPorte

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Nothing is here to indicate this subject has the requisite WP:SIGCOV to meet the WP:GNG. A WP:BEFORE check only came up with [[1]] and confirmation of his death. Open to redirecting this to List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920–1929)#1925 or another target. Let'srun (talk) 19:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, American football, and Wisconsin. Let'srun (talk) 19:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I find it likely that DeLaPorte has biography in the book The Badgers: Milwaukee's NFL Entry of 1922-1926; also worth noting that an "E. C. DeLaPorte" was prominent in a scandal where high school players played for Milwaukee in one game in 1925 ([2]). BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that there are quite a few people from the area with the same last name though, so that doesn't prove anything. Let'srun (talk) 20:35, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that a group of high school kids played for the 1925 Milwaukee NFL team (0–7 record, outscored 204–14) shows it to have been a bit of a ragtag organization where notability should absolutely not be presumed from appearing in a single game. Cbl62 (talk) 22:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW it was only one game in particular, and it appears to have been only four players - we also don't presume notability for these players (or any pro football players in particular at this point). BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
True . . . but can you imagine it? High school kids being recruited to play on an "NFL" team? Cbl62 (talk) 23:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Can't imagine what it'd be like to be asked in high school, "hey, do you want to play in the NFL?" Hah... the topic is definitely interesting - rather surprising there isn't more coverage of it and the players... but DeLaPorte doesn't seem to have been one of the four high-schoolers? Would be interesting to know if there was any connection between him and the "E. C. DeLaPorte" of the scandal, haven't seen any mention of it. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:17, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Just goes to show how different the 1920s NFL was to today. Let'srun (talk) 02:55, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920–1929)#1925. Article was created as a sub-stub 13+ years ago with minimal data points from a database. It remains a sub-stub today and has also been tagged for lack of sourcing for over a year. WP:SPORTBASIC provides: "Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database source." (emphasis added) This article fails to do so despite having been on the 'pedia for over 13 years. If and when SIGCOV is found and added, the redirect can be reversed. Cbl62 (talk) 22:15, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to above. Suitskvarts (talk) 11:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.