Talk:Los Angeles Athletic Club

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Seeking Records[edit]

I am seeking records and info regading Bantamweight Champ ( 1928) BUSHY GRAHAM from Utica, N Y

Does the World Boxing Assoc. have data regarding my uncle Bushy ( Angelo Geraci) ?

Would appreciate hearing from anyone with knowledge of this great boxer acknowledged by JACK DEMPSEY as " The greatest little fighter ,pound -for pound in the business."

Thanks much

Phil Geraci,nephew [email redacted]

Leo vandendale, US Junior Olympic Gymnastic Champion, 1928[edit]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone has any information about or pictures of my father, Leo Francis Vandendale, who was 1928 US Junior Olympic Gymnastic Champion representing the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Later he attended USC and joined a group of acrobats called the "Four Trojans", which toured Europe and the United States. I was told that he was photographed in newsreels doing a one-armed handstand on top of the Empire State Building and could do 3 1/2 summersaults over the backs of a dozen men! Perhaps these are only hand-me-down stories told to children that parallel popular "urban ledgends" or perhaps these stories are based on real accomplishments. I would greatly appreciate any information about his history with the LA Athletic Club or knowledge you may share. Write me, Leland van den Daele, at vdd@psychodiagnostics.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Satananda (talk • contribs) 05:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (This fits WP:N. Perhaps it should be developed more than the basic stub it is, but the LAAC is an old, prominent, well-known traditional gentlemen's club in LA, it awards the Wooden Award (the highest award in college basketball), and it has many notable members. User:Mootros has decided unilaterally that traditional American gentlemen's clubs aren't worthy of being on Wikipedia, and has instituted an edit war against them.) --Clubwiki (talk) 12:56, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think this was my first article, or close to it. While it may have flaws, I assert it is a notable institution. Notable enough that speedy will not apply. Sorry Mootros. --Bobak (talk) 13:01, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at Mootro's edit history he went through and tagged all gentlemen's clubs on a list page he was unhappy with (including some articles beyond reproach). That is not the way to get things done on Wikipedia, but is rather a display of childish emotion that has no place on an encyclopedia. As such I am removing this tag and suggest AFD. --Bobak (talk) 13:09, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]