Template:Did you know nominations/Buck Flowers

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:08, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Buck Flowers

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Georgia Tech football captain A. R. "Buck" Flowers c. 1920

  • ... that after College Football Hall of Fame inductee Buck Flowers (pictured) returned two punts for touchdowns, a writer suggested that the opposition Auburn Tigers made a dying request: "Please omit Flowers"?

5x expanded by MisterCake (talk), Cbl62 (talk). Nominated by Cbl62 (talk) at 22:53, 9 September 2014 (UTC).

  • 5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen in online sources. QPQ done. Hook ref verified and cited inline. Image is public domain. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)