Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Peterman
Peterman finished his career at Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern as the program's #4 receiver of all time with over 2,000 receiving yards; he was also a Big Ten Medal of Honor winner and won the national college football sportsmanship award (see http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/1299/peterman-wins-national-sportsmanship-award here).  More importantly, he garnered significant, non-routine coverage in multiple, reliable media outlets.  A lengthy feature story like (1) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-081019-eric-peterman-northwestern-football-story.html this in the ''Chicago Tribune'' (one of the largest and most prominent newspapers in the United States) is actually the antithesis of routine coverage.  Passing mentions in game coverage or short announcements of an injury/signing/release might be classified as "routine" coverage but not a feature story focusing on the individual.  He has also received significant coverage in national media outlets, including (2) http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/columns/story?columnist=bonkowski_jerry&id=4395303 this, (3) http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/1299/peterman-wins-national-sportsmanship-award this, and (4) http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/columns/story?columnist=bonkowski_jerry&id=4395303 this from ESPN.com and (5) http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2008-12-17-3584528870_x.htm this from ''USA Today''.  Further examples of significant coverage include (6) http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=223077 this feature story on Peterman from the ''Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald'', (7) http://www.sj-r.com/article/20091002/NEWS/310029872 this feature story and http://www.sj-r.com/article/20091230/NEWS/312309917 this, (8) http://www.sj-r.com/article/20080925/NEWS/309259868 this and (9) http://www.shgfootball.com/stories/061405.htm this from ''The State Journal-Register'', (10) http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20081120/News/311209835 this from ''Devil's Lake Journal'', and (11) http://newton.wickedlocal.com/article/20081120/NEWS/311209959 this feature story from ''Wicked Local''. With this level of coverage, Peterman passes  and arguably also passes the third prong of  ("Gained national media attention as an individual, not just as a player for a notable team
— User:Cbl62, 12:46, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:NCOLLATH (Wikipedia:Notability)