Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas Legate Howard

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The result was withdrawn. Eagles 24/7 (C) 15:31, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Douglas Legate Howard

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He retired as a Captain, was awarded a Navy Cross and had a destroyer escort named for him USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138) during WWII. I would normally merge info to the ship and create a redirect per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 159#having a military ship named after you proves notability, but it may be that his 4 year career as coach at the United States Naval Academy establishes notability Mztourist (talk) 05:25, 28 February 2021 (UTC) Withdrawing nomination in light of consensus regarding his coaching career. Request close as Speedy Keep. Mztourist (talk) 03:06, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Mztourist (talk) 05:27, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Mztourist (talk) 05:28, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Mztourist, his Associated Press obituary, which was picked up by dozens of newspapers (e.g., 1, 2, 3), includes a number of other details. For instance, he commanded the USS Seattle, then the fleet flagship, and was later dean of St. John's College. He certainly also meets the spirit of the notability guidelines for college football coaches, which—while they deal in DI sports, which began in 1957—assume that head coaches of top-division teams are notable. Indeed, every single coach of Navy's football team has an article about them. --Usernameunique (talk) 15:06, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Served as head coach of one of the country's major college football teams. Passes WP:GNG and arguably WP:NCOLLATH. Examples of coverage: here, here, here, here, here. Cbl62 (talk) 17:14, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Mztourist: In light of the points presented, and improvement to the article, would you be willing to withdraw this so everyone can move on to other things? Cbl62 (talk) 21:30, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Cbl62 (talk) 21:34, 28 February 2021 (UTC) [reply]

Keep for aggregate notability achieved across a range of fields. BD2412 T 22:23, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep four year head football coach at Navy shows a pass of WP:GNG and if you need further, look at WP:IMPACT among the other guidelines mentioned above.--Paul McDonald (talk) 23:12, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Yes, his tenure at Navy does indeed establish notability. Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 23:26, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:GNG and WP:NCOLLATH, per all above. Ejgreen77 (talk) 03:38, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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