Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Bennett

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Charlie Bennett[edit]

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... that the baseball career of Charlie Bennett (pictured), who reportedly invented the chest protector, ended when both legs were run over by a train?

Reviewed: Končar-class missile boat

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nominated at 01:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC).

Howzabout

ALT1 ... that the baseball career of Charlie Bennett (pictured), reportedly inventor of the chest protector, ended when his legs were crushed by a train?
ALT2 ... that in 1894 "Gentleman" Jim Corbett helped raise $6000 for catcher Charlie Bennett, reportedly inventor of the chest protector, whose legs had been crushed by a train?

EEng (talk) 02:59, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Any of the above ok by me. Cbl62 (talk) 03:18, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Expansion began on July 10 and is long enough (5,016 to 26,241 characters). Article is well referenced with no apparent close paraphrasing from online sources. I was unable to access any of the cited sources to verify the hook facts (sources are offline or unavailable) but could partially verify from other sources, so AGF. My preference is for the original hook, which is essentially the same as ALT1 but with better wording, IMO, but if the promoter feels differently any hook should be fine. 97198 (talk) 03:21, 14 July 2014 (UTC)