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George Farmer (English footballer)

English footballer (1862-?)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ5539190 ↗
Source-derived summary

George Farmer (born 1862) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.

Career

Farmer was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played football with Tunstall before joining Stoke in 1886. He played once in FA Cup in the 1886–87 season which came in a 6–4 defeat to Crewe Alexandra. He left Stoke at the end of the season and later joined Burslem Swifts.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “George Farmer (English footballer)” as english footballer (1862-?). 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—1862, 1886—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1862-01-01. The account is most persuasive where George, Farmer and English can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as english footballer (1862-?). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Sep 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5539190. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1862 and 1886.

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This entry incorporates text from “George Farmer (English 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.