Talk:Francisco Lesmes

Date of birth

Most sources quote his date of birth as 4 March 1924 ("Legends of Real Valladolid", www.eu-football.info and www.national-football-teams.com) which is the date used in the article. Other sources (e.g. www.bdfutbol.com) give the date of birth as 6 November 1922. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 09:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Francisco Lesmes

You have shown his date of birth as 6 November 1922. This biography and Spanish wikipedia give it as 4 March 1924. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 06:49, 19 October 2012 (UTC)I got the DOB from this... GiantSnowman 07:50, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. bdfutbol seems to be the only source that gives 6 November 1922. As far as I can see, every other source says 4 March 1924; IMHO, we should go with the majority and his biography. It's your decision. ;) -- Daemonic Kangaroo(talk) 08:02, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm happy for you to change it with a note on the talk page. GiantSnowman 08:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

• However, the article as we stand reads 24 March not 4. Is it a typo you made Snowman or was it deliberate? I think we should go with the EL NORTE DE CASTILLA reference (4 March), it's a newspaper with ties to Real Valladolid, which was his main club. I'll ask User:Mega60nonetheless, he's THE BEST in Spanish football database. Cheerio! --AL (talk) 14:01, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

• Mega has responded, according to this link he sent me (http://books.google.es/books?id=DoGtMeqV-fAC&pg=PA554&lpg=PA554&dq=Francisco+Lesmes+1922&source=bl&ots=7IFW9mEWla&sig=X86aNiE5lA3gqINrjbBJK0jZ-W4&hl=es&sa=X&ei=tIqBUMuaL8qEhQeKy4CQCg&ved=0CG8Q6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=Francisco%20Lesmes%201922&f=false), it seems 6/11/1922 is the correct birthdate, but he says he'll keep on investigating for confirmation (or not). In a (very) related note, he has also corrected Francisco's caps for Spain in the infobox, he has one wrongly attributed to him, Rafael Lesmes played one of those two games, not Francisco. --AL (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

• Mega sent me another handful of links, they all seem to say 1924. Odd, but maybe the Royal Spanish Football Federation is the one that is incorrect. --AL (talk) 17:16, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Well, Mega messaged me early today, saying that he talked with someone that works with the BDFUTBOL.com website, and that person has the birth certificate from the player, which reads 4 MARCH 1924.

Case closed, happy week to you mate - --AL (talk) 14:26, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been copied from the user talk pages.Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 05:25, 24 October 2012 (UTC)