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Conrad Ross

Uruguayan footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ2993620
Source-derived summary

Conrad Ross, also known as Conrado Ross (born 8 August 1908) was a Uruguayan football player and manager.

Early and personal life

Ross was born on 8 August 1908 in Montevideo. His brother was Donaldo Ross.

Career

Ross spent his early career in Uruguay with River Plate (Montevideo) and Peñarol.

Ross began his career in Brazil with Portuguesa in 1923, later playing for Juventude.

Ross also spent time as a player in Switzerland with Urania Genève Sport and in France with Sochaux. Ross was also player-manager of both clubs.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1908, 1923—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1908-08-08. The account is most persuasive where Conrad, Ross and Uruguayan 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 uruguayan footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Oct 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2993620. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1908 and 1923.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. 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 Conrad Ross” 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.