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Paul Alger

German footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ178646 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Alger (13 August 1943 – 14 June 2025) was a German footballer who played as a forward. Between 1966 and 1968, Alger played for 1. FC Köln. In 1968, he helped Köln to a victory of the DFB-Pokal after being substituted in the 46th minute. Alger died on 14 June 2025, at the age of 81.

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Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Paul Alger” as german footballer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1943, 2025, 1966, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1943-08-13. The account is most persuasive where Paul, Alger and German can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

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 Jan 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q178646. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1943, 2025, 1966 and 1968.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Alger” 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.