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Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1922)

British association football player (1922-2001)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 15, 2024
Entity authorityQ5220656 ↗
Source-derived summary

Daniel Murphy (10 May 1922 – 2001) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League between 1946 and 1957, for Bolton Wanderers, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale. He made a total of 282 League appearances.

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The public source identifies “Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1922)” as british association football player (1922-2001). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Danny, Murphy and footballer.

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—1922, 2001, 1946, 1957—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922-05-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Danny, Murphy and footballer providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1922)”, the useful work is to connect “british association football player (1922-2001)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 15, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q5220656. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922, 2001, 1946 and 1957.

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This entry incorporates text from “Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1922)” 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.