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Jan Brand (field hockey)

field hockey player (1908-1969)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1810200 ↗
Source-derived summary

Johannes "Jan" Willem Brand (24 June 1908 in Amsterdam – 29 June 1969 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all four matches as halfback.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jan Brand (field hockey)” is field hockey player (1908-1969). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Brand, field and hockey, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1908, 1969, 1928—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1908-06-24. For this dossier, Brand, field and hockey is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “field hockey player (1908-1969)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1810200. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1908, 1969 and 1928.

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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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Jan Brand (field hockey)” 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.