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Bob Millman

American football player (1903-1963)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ4933415 ↗
Source-derived summary

Robert Dent Millman (May 17, 1903 – March 19, 1963) was a professional football player from Cumberland, Maryland. Millman attended Lafayette College and made his debut in the National Football League (NFL) in 1925 with the Pottsville Maroons and played with the team for three seasons. During his rookie year, Millman helped the Maroons win the NFL championship before a disputed rules violation stripped the title from the team.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bob Millman” as american football player (1903-1963). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1903, 1963, 1925—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1903-05-17. The account is most persuasive where Millman, American and football 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 american football player (1903-1963). 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 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4933415. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1903, 1963 and 1925.

Critical limits

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bob Millman” 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.