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David Calderhead Jr.

Scottish footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2024
Entity authorityQ5232094 ↗
Source-derived summary

David Calderhead Jr. (25 October 1889 – 15 January 1965) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.

Career

Calderhead played for Lincoln City, Chelsea and Leicester Fosse.

Calderhead later managed Lincoln City from April 1921 to May 1924.

Personal life

His father was David Calderhead, who was also a football player and manager, notable for managing Chelsea for 26 years.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “David Calderhead Jr.” as scottish footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around David, Calderhead and Scottish.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1965, 1921, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1889-10-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with David, Calderhead and Scottish 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 “David Calderhead Jr.”, the useful work is to connect “scottish footballer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 May 20, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q5232094. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1965, 1921 and 1924.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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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 “David Calderhead Jr.” 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.