Talk:Gordon Laro

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BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:23, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:45, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

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• Cary Brabham
• Gordon Laro

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• ... that Cary Brabham and Gordon Laro were featured on the cover of Madden NFL '96 despite only playing in a combined nine games for their entire careers?

• Source:

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shiyazh Pete & Template:Did you know nominations/1935 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team

5x expanded by WikiOriginal-9 (talk) and BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 44 past nominations.

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:38, 18 May 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 05:05, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Long enough, new enough, QPQs are done, no Earwig complaints. I'll assess the hook another time.--Launchballer 07:03, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

@WikiOriginal-9: Apologies for the delay. The individual facts all check out (Brabham did seven and Laro did two and that's WP:CALC), but I'm not happy with 'despite' - it implies the two are related. Any chance of a rewording?--Launchballer 12:46, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The point of using "despite" is that Madden covers always feature the top NFL players, so it is extraordinary for two players who barely ever played to be the cover athletes. Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:51, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:02, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that two relatively unknown players, Cary Brabham and Gordon Laro, were featured on the cover of Madden NFL '96?

• Source: "How did Cary Brabham (who?) end up on one of the 'Madden' covers?" "Gordon Laro, another player you've likely never heard of. Laro played in two NFL games, both with the 1995 Jaguars."

• • @WikiOriginal-9: Does the proposed hook work? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:29, 30 May 2026 (UTC)
    • Yes, I'm the one who proposed it. Thanks. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:32, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

I went back and forth on whether it was reasonable to expect readers to have heard of Madden, but I suppose 'unknown players being profiled in a notable publication' is interesting enough?--Launchballer 16:56, 30 May 2026 (UTC)