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Jimmy Frew (footballer, born 1895)

Scottish footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 3, 2024
Entity authorityQ110659323 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Frew (4 June 1895 – 25 October 1985) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Carlisle United, Chelsea and Southend United.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Jimmy Frew (footballer, born 1895)” as scottish footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jimmy, Frew and footballer.

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—1895, 1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jimmy, Frew and footballer providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Jimmy Frew (footballer, born 1895)”, the useful work is to connect “scottish footballer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Nov 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q110659323. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1895 and 1985.

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 “Jimmy Frew (footballer, born 1895)” 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.