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Bertie Denyer (footballer, born 1924)

footballer (1924-2015)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ29465770 ↗
Source-derived summary

Albert Thomas Frederick Denyer (6 December 1924 – December 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Football League for Swindon Town.

Personal life

Denyer's father Bertie was also a footballer for Swindon Town.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bertie Denyer (footballer, born 1924)” as footballer (1924-2015). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bertie, Denyer and footballer.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1924, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1924-12-06. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bertie, Denyer and footballer providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bertie Denyer (footballer, born 1924)”, the useful work is to connect “footballer (1924-2015)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q29465770. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924 and 2015.

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 “Bertie Denyer (footballer, born 1924)” 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.