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Herbie Hutchisson

American basketball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ67093965 ↗
Source-derived summary

Herbert Augustus Hutchisson (April 19, 1915 – August 14, 1968; last name often misspelled Hutchison) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Columbus Athletic Supply and averaged 8.0 points per game. He also competed for other teams in semi-professional leagues.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Herbie Hutchisson” as american basketball player. 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—1915, 1968—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Herbie, Hutchisson and American 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 american basketball player. 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 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q67093965. The first chronological checks are 1915 and 1968.

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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This entry incorporates text from “Herbie Hutchisson” 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.