Template talk:Infobox NFLretired

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[edit] Jersey numbers

Is this field really necessary for retired athletes? It doesn't seem to be significant enough in football compared to other sports. Ksy92003(talk) 21:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

is this infobox for only retired Hall of Famers or all retired football players?--Yankees10 22:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Can someone add Name to the infobox so it says, for example Steve Young instead of Steve Young (American football) in the infobox--Yankees10 22:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

  • That was just a typo on the steve young article. I accidentally capitalized the N in the name field. You only need to specify names on disambig articles. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat  01:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NFL career stats v Career stats

There was actually some discussion on this so I removed the NFL qualifier. The box could actually be used on a retired CFL player as well. The pro-ref is an optional field so the career stats are not necessarily unique to the information that is on pro-ref. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat  18:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Ah, sorry. I didn't know this was the case. Seems like a fine answer.--Mike Selinker 18:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Oh no reason to apologize. We actually had a discussion about how to name the template - we were thinking American football retired but it just seemed to get too difficult so we settled on NFLretired. I'm certainly thinking we could still move it - i'm just not sure how to keep everyone happy. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat  18:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with non-NFL stats

For people who played in more than one league, (e.g. Doug Flutie, USFL, CFL; Warren Moon, CFL) it tries to make the "debutyear" and "finalyear" values into NFL seasons. This is no good. Not only does it screw up CFL players, but what about people who played USFL, AFL, WFAF, XLF, Arena, etc.? It must be fixed, and you don't want me doing it because I'm prolly mess it up something fierce. Kevlar67 20:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I just found "Infobox Pro Football player retired" Allthough it still assumes that everyone went to an American College. Kevlar67 21:14, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This template is superfluous and often incorrect

The template "Infobox Pro Football player" allows CORRECT indication of things like Common Draft (not NFL draft in 1967, 1968 and 1969); AFL All-Star games vs. NFL and AFC-NFC Pro Bowls; etc. Also, many well known players such as Billy Shaw, Paul Lowe, Abner Haynes, etc. played all of their careers in the American Football League, and are not "NFLretired". Many players who had some years in the NFL had MORE years in the AFL, like Lance Alworth, Jim Otto, Gino Cappelletti, etc. These players should not be lumped under "NFL". Finally, the template is superfluous because stats for players show their final year. If it was 1969, 1972, 1984, etc., do we really need a "retired" template? If it's so important to note retired status, the bio can simply state "So-and-so is a retired Pro Football player . . . .". SugnuSicilianu 22:26, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hall of Fame

Should we change the color of the "Hall of Fame" section to match what is used in {{Infobox Gridiron football person}} and {{Infobox NFL PlayerCoach}}? --Pinkkeith (talk) 19:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incomplete info compared to active infobox

Why no birthplace? Debut team? No playing height/weight? —xanderer (talk) 23:31, 23 February 2008 (UTC)