Template:Did you know nominations/Jim Coffeen

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... that after being the first quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, Jim Coffeen served as the team's first public address announcer?

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Source: [https://www.newspapers.com/article/two-rivers-reporter-obituary-for-jim-cof/169891714/ first quarterback], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/169887728/ first PA announcer]}}
ALT1: ... that a year after playing for the Green Bay Packers, Jim Coffeen became an official working at Packers games? Source: he became an official in [https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/56189185/ 1920]; there's other sources such as [https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette/169887728/ this] for him being an official as well
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Patricia Jeschke
Comment: ~~To complete QPQ within 24 hours.~~

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Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 329 past nominations.}}

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:21, 16 April 2025 (UTC).

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|comments = New enough (both created and promoted to GA, impressive!) and long enough. Well-cited and neutral. Passes [https://iw.toolforge.org/copyvios/%3Flang%3Den%26project%3Dwikipedia%26title%3DJim_Coffeen Earwig's]. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ done. I prefer ALT0.

|sign = Riley1012 (talk) 21:11, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

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