Template:Did you know nominations/Sy Sutcliffe

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The result was: promoted by EEng (talk) 13:46, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Sy Sutcliffe edit

  • ... that catcher Sy Sutcliffe, who reportedly "threw like a catapult", died from Bright's disease four months after his final major league game?

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 21:34, 6 July 2014 (UTC).

  • This fivefold expansion is new enough and long enough. Although part of the hook is sourced to an offline publication, I was able to verify that bit from another citation. QPQ has been done and I observed no policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:39, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
To prep3 changing "from Bright's" to "of Bright's" EEng (talk) 13:46, 12 July 2014 (UTC)