Template:Did you know nominations/Alabama Pitts

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:18, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Alabama Pitts

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Alabama Pitts in 1935

• ... that Alabama Pitts (pictured) was noted by the Los Angeles Times in 1934 as "the most prominent jail-bird athlete in America"? Source: "Pitts' accomplishments as an athlete had garnered national attention by late 1934 as evidenced by a Los Angeles Times article, discussing his release which called him 'the most prominent jail-bird athlete in America.'" Outlaw Ballplayers
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Improved to Good Article status by Eagles247 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:10, 22 March 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Paul W (talk) 14:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)