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Ian McGregor (Scottish footballer)

association football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2023
Entity authorityQ21997597 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ian McGregor (born 10 January 1953) was a Scottish footballer who began his career playing for Central League junior teams, including Cumbernauld United, Kilsyth Rangers and Vale of Clyde. In 1973, he signed 'senior' with Dumbarton, but after being unable to dislodge the No.1 goalkeeper for three seasons he moved to Stenhousemuir. He was no more successful here and returned to junior football where he played again with Kilsyth Rangers and also with Bonnybridge.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ian McGregor (Scottish footballer)” as association football player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1953, 1973—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-01-10. The account is most persuasive where McGregor, Scottish and footballer can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as association football player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 8, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q21997597. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953 and 1973.

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.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ian McGregor (Scottish 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.