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Harry Paul

Scottish footballer (1886-1948)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 31, 2025
Entity authorityQ17103956 ↗
Source-derived summary

Harold McDonald Paul (31 August 1886 – 18 April 1948) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He was capped by Scotland at international level.

Personal life

Paul attended Crieff Academy and Glasgow University, studying veterinary surgery at the latter institution. He later became a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. During the First World War, Paul served as an enlisted man in the Scottish Horse and then as an officer in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. He returned to veterinary surgery after the war.

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References

Further reading

Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.

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The public source identifies “Harry Paul” as scottish footballer (1886-1948). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Harry, Paul and Scottish.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1886, 1948, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1886-08-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Harry, Paul and Scottish providing the first useful test.
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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 31, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q17103956. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1886, 1948 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Harry Paul” 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.