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Ike Whelpton

English footballer (1887-1944)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ10423829 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Isaac Whelpton (1887–1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Grimsby Town and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. He was on the books of Lincoln City and Birmingham, without playing league football for either, and also played non-league football for Castleford Town and Guildford United.

References

Sources

Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories.

Editorial summary

“Ike Whelpton” enters the record as english footballer (1887-1944). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Whelpton, English and footballer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1887, 1944, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1887. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Whelpton, English and footballer.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Ike Whelpton” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Whelpton, English and footballer provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 Mar 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q10423829. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1887, 1944 and 2007.

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 “Ike Whelpton” 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.