Talk:Jim Thorpe Trophy

Text and/or other creative content from this version of National Football League Most Valuable Player Award was copied or moved into Jim Thorpe Trophy with this edit on 09:44, 28 June 2021 (UTC). The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

A fact from Jim Thorpe Trophy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a cartoonist founded the Jim Thorpe Trophy that was awarded annually to the most valuable player of the National Football League?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:04, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a cartoonist founded the Jim Thorpe Trophy that was awarded annually to the most valuable player of the National Football League? Source: "The 92-year-old Olderman has a storied career as a widely syndicated newspaper columnist and cartoonist." (Media Bistro) "In 1955, Olderman founded NEA's Jim Thorpe Trophy, which was the original most valuable player award in the National Football League." (The Daily Chronicle)

Reviewed: 2021 British Athletics Championships
Comment: Former redirect expanded 5x from this initial version, which was copied from National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. Request special occasion posting of August 5, which coincides with the NFL's preseason opener.[1]

5x expanded by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 12:36, 1 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

article is new enough, expanded enough and no obvious signs of copyvio, hook checks out and is interesting, the QPQ is all in order, so this is good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 19:46, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]