Talk:William Clarke (footballer, fl. 1897–1900)

This article was nominated for deletion on 10 September 2020. The result of the discussion was withdrawn.

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Concern over dual entry[edit]

In cannot find any references that support the existence of this person, of the two links in the article, one is private and the other is an out-of-print book which is not online. I think that this may well be a case of mistaken identity with Billy Clarke (footballer born 1878) who played 35 times for Lincoln between 1908-1910. It is very odd that this 'William Clarke' is also listed as having played 35 times for Lincoln but exaclty 10 years earlier. Ultimately I think this is likely a mistake that the author of this page didn't realise there was a page for Billy Clarke (footballer born 1878) under a slightly different name. Mountain^cirque 10:43, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Struway2: please let me know your thoughts before I propose deletion? Am I mistaken here?