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Albert Worgan

English footballer (1871-1920)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ4800749
Source-derived summary

Albert Worgan (1871–1920) was an English footballer who played as a striker. Worgan was primarily an amateur footballer in his early career and played for Liverpool during their inaugural season in 1892–93. He signed professional terms in the next season and made his debut for the Liverpool first team against Burton Swifts scoring two goals. He made one further appearance for Liverpool before he left the club.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Albert Worgan” is english footballer (1871-1920). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Albert, Worgan and English, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1871, 1920, 1892—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1871-01-01. For this dossier, Albert, Worgan and English is the immediate research focus.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4800749. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1871, 1920 and 1892.

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This entry incorporates text from Albert Worgan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.