Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John A. Bell

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The result was withdrawn. BD2412 T 16:25, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

John A. Bell

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I can find nothing of significance about this subject other than that they coached a relatively minor college football team to two losing seasons in 1959 and 1960. I see nothing at WP:NCOLLATH that supports notability here. BD2412 T 20:14, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. BD2412 T 20:14, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: American football and Arkansas. Shellwood (talk) 23:17, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't call Mississippi Valley State, a Division I school that has produced a few of the greatest football players in history, a "relatively minor team." BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:02, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~Searching for sources~~... BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:06, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Ugh... his common name makes it so hard to search... I don't have time to do an in-depth search now – I'll finish my search tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:08, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there are three sources in the article already that are more than enough to pass WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:23, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Mississippi Valley State is an NCAA Division I school. Head football coaches and athletic directors of NCAA Division I schools are generally considered notable. We've already found a few sources covering Bell's stint there, during which his 1959 team won a conference title, despite an overall losing record. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:26, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I've searched as well and can't find much. The only item found that could be considered SIGCOV is this one. If we had a date, we could search for coverage around his date of death. Cbl62 (talk) 03:06, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He was the athletic director as well: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114433480/head-coach-and-athletic-director-john/ PK-WIKI (talk) 03:37, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing, on the basis that research reveals that the subject went on to become a leading expert on civil rights and school desegregation. BD2412 T 04:58, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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