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A fact from Joe Hall (American football) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that American football player Joe Hall, whose position was running back, weighed up to 340 pounds (150 kg) during his career?
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... that football player Joe Hall, whose position was running back, weighed up to 340 pounds (150 kg) during his career? Source: Janssen, Mark (November 18, 2001). "Let's all hope Hall speaks the truth". The Manhattan Mercury. p. 11, 13 – via Newspapers.com. ("Of his weight that busted through the 300-barrier quicker than one can say, 'Big Mac, Whopper, Wendy's-triple ... and add a pizza, too,' Hall became a 340-pounder this past summer. Today, he only says, 'A lot,' when asked about his weight.")
ALT1: ... that despite having never played football before, Joe Hall was able to convince his high school junior varsity coach to let him play and scored 35 touchdowns? Source: Courtney, Will (December 3, 1998). "He's one Hall of a load". North County Times. p. 25, 29 – via Newspapers.com. ("He had never played football before his freshman year of high school, but convinced the coaches to let him play running back and promptly scored 35 touchdowns for the junior varsity, with hardly a cutback or a juke")
ALT2: ... that football player Joe Hall was described as "the largest running back to ever rush for 100 yards in an NCAA game"? Source: "Joe Hall". Palomar College. ("Sports Illustrated identified him as 'the largest running back to ever rush for 100 yards in an NCAA game,' a fete he accomplished four times as a speedy, athletic 6-foot-2, 320-pounder during his junior season...")
Comment: This one was fun. I found a declined COI draft in poor shape from several months ago, and spent three days turning it into a decent c-class article. I'll try to get a qpq soon.
ALT0a: ... that football player Joe Hall, whose position was running back, weighed 340 pounds (150 kg) at one point during his career?
@BeanieFan11: New enough, long enough, well referenced, no concerns on Earwig. All three hooks are interesting and sourced; I prefer the first two. I've added a {{convert}} template to the first hook for those of us who don't use pounds. I have also reworded it slightly as ALT0a but either could be used. Just waiting on a QPQ. 97198 (talk) 07:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking that if his son was Joe Hall III, then he would have had to have been Jr. – but I just noticed that his personal website is "joehalljr.com" so that confirms it.
How did you come up with the weight range in the infobox? PFA says 300. That seems reasonable.
I think I was taking the lowest he weighed during his career and the highest, but I changed it to 300.
If we're breaking up the colleges in the infobox on two separate lines, we might as well add the years to each college
Done.
"Weighing 265 pounds by high school" I don't see where in that clipping it says 265 lbs
"but then at the last minute the University" comma after minute
Done.
"Upon returning to the Chiefs, he was placed on the injured reserve list, where he spent the entire season" that source doesnt say he spent the whole season
You're right, changed.
"the Oakland Raiders, his final team,[1] in 2006, spending the season on injured reserve" I don't see on either one of those sources where it says injured reserve
This one is the transactions where it says that he was placed on IR (right side, second team).
@BeanieFan11: New enough, long enough, well referenced, no concerns on Earwig. All three hooks are interesting and sourced; I prefer the first two. I've added a {{convert}} template to the first hook for those of us who don't use pounds. I have also reworded it slightly as ALT0a but either could be used. Just waiting on a QPQ. 97198 (talk) 07:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
b (citations to reliable sources): 
– after p. 77, you have to click on the link that says 82. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:14, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:18, 19 October 2023 (UTC)