Talk:Bill Putnam (basketball)
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[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 04:25, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that Bill Putnam was an All-American and co-captain on the first UCLA team to win a basketball championship? Source: "Bill Putnam, U.C.L.A. guard, notched a defense spot on the all-collegiate second team" Los Angeles Times, "Putnam...was co-captain with Bill Rankin on the 1944-45 team that won the Bruins' first Pacific Coast Conference championship" The Manhattan Mercury, "This is the first time in the history of the Westwood institution that the Bruins have won a basketball championship" The Sacramento Bee
Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 11:47, 20 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Bill Putnam (basketball); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:14, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
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