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Egon Horst

German footballer (1938-2015)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ367198 ↗
Source-derived summary

Egon Horst (25 November 1938 – 14 February 2015) was a German football player.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Egon Horst” as german footballer (1938-2015). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Egon, Horst and German.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1938, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1938-11-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Egon, Horst and German 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 “Egon Horst”, the useful work is to connect “german footballer (1938-2015)” 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 Jan 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q367198. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1938 and 2015.

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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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Egon Horst” 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.