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Danny Ferguson

Welsh footballer (1903-1971)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ5220344 ↗
Source-derived summary

Archibald Daniel Ferguson (25 January 1903 – October 1971) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward. Born in Flint, he played for Rhyl Athletic, Manchester United, Reading, Accrington Stanley, Chester, Halifax Town, Stockport County and Macclesfield Town in the 1920s and 1930s.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Danny Ferguson” as welsh footballer (1903-1971). 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—1903, 1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1903-01-25. The account is most persuasive where Danny, Ferguson and Welsh can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as welsh footballer (1903-1971). 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 Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5220344. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1903 and 1971.

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.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

Best used for
  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Danny Ferguson”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Danny Ferguson primary sources, Danny Ferguson archive and Danny research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Danny Ferguson”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Danny Ferguson” 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.