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Joe Dell

Australian rules footballer (1916–1992)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 29, 2024
Entity authorityQ21996945 ↗
Source-derived summary

Joe Dell (22 February 1916 – 29 May 1992) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Joe Dell” as australian rules footballer (1916–1992). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dell, Australian and rules.

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—1916, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1916-02-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dell, Australian and rules providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Joe Dell”, the useful work is to connect “australian rules footballer (1916–1992)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Dec 29, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q21996945. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1916 and 1992.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Joe Dell” 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.