Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Putnam (basketball)

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 04:25, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Bill Putnam (basketball)

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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
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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)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Appears to meet all the criteria. QPQ done. Looks good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)