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Ed Karpowich

American football player (1912-2005)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ22005740 ↗
Source-derived summary

Edwin Walter Karpowich (September 28, 1912 – November 26, 2005) was an American professional football tackle who played for five seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pirates in the eighth round of the 66th pick in the 1936 NFL draft. He played college football at Catholic University for the Catholic University Cardinals football team.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ed Karpowich” as american football player (1912-2005). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1912, 2005, 1936—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912-09-28. The account is most persuasive where Karpowich, American and football can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american football player (1912-2005). 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 Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22005740. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1912, 2005 and 1936.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ed Karpowich” 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.