Template:Did you know nominations/Roderick Cox

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The result was: promoted by Alex Shih^Talk 04:30, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Roderick Cox

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• ... that Sidwell Friends School history teacher Roderick Cox won the 1933 NCAA Championship for throwing a hammer nearly 157 feet?

• Reviewed: Killer Nerd

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 17:33, 13 August 2013 (UTC).

• alt 1 ... that Roderick Cox (pictured), the 1933 NCAA Champion in the hammer throw, was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012? Cbl62 (talk) 14:29, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
• alt 2 ... Roderick Cox (pictured), the 1933 NCAA Champion in the hammer throw, played college football with Gerald Ford at the University of Michigan? Cbl62 (talk) 15:06, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

The paragraph that starts "After receiving a bachelor's degree from Michigan in 1933" requires a citation per DYK rules. Otherwise, everything look. --ThaddeusB (talk) 04:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Citations added. Let me know if there's anything else. Cbl62 (talk) 01:53, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Everything is good now. ALT2 is more interesting and has been verified by the provided inline citations. --ThaddeusB (talk) 01:51, 24 August 2013 (UTC)