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Fred Barnes (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 29, 2024
Entity authorityQ21151655 ↗
Source-derived summary

John Myler Frederick Barnes (21 February 1921 – 13 May 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Fred Barnes (footballer)” as australian rules footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fred, Barnes 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—1921, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921-02-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Fred, Barnes and footballer 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 “Fred Barnes (footballer)”, the useful work is to connect “australian rules footballer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Dec 29, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q21151655. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921 and 1996.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Fred Barnes (footballer)” 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.