A fact from Joe Allison (American football) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 696 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did Allison ever play pro football: NFL, Europe, Arena? Seems that winning a prestigious award like this would have led to a professional career. Mitico (talk) 12:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
That's exactly what I thought. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything on a pro career. The list of NFL players doesn't include him, but I haven't investigated other leagues. Mastrchf (t/c) 15:25, 5 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
@Mitico and Mastrchf91: If either of you are still around nine years later, I've discovered that he did play in the Canadian Football League. The more you know! ~ Rob13Talk 02:54, 12 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
