Template:Did you know nominations/Ernie Curtis

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 04:35, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Ernie Curtis

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• ... that, during his time in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, footballer Ernie Curtis would obtain extra food by teaching his captors how to play with a ball made of paper? Source: BBC

• Reviewed: 1990 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final

Improved to Good Article status by Kosack (talk). Self-nominated at 15:51, 6 March 2021 (UTC).

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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: Wonderfully concise article of a dedicated sporting life. Recently promoted to GA. Great hook! No Swan So Fine (talk) 10:25, 8 March 2021 (UTC)