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John Graham (forward)

English footballer (1873-?)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ1700264 ↗
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John Graham (born 1873, date of death unknown) was an English footballer. His regular position was as a centre forward. He played for Blyth and Newton Heath.

Graham played for Blyth in his native Northumberland before joining Newton Heath in October 1893. He made his debut on 11 October 1893 in the 1–1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers, but played only three further games before leaving league football.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “John Graham (forward)” as english footballer (1873-?). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1873, 1893—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1873-01-01. The account is most persuasive where John, Graham and forward can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as english footballer (1873-?). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1700264. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1873 and 1893.

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This entry incorporates text from “John Graham (forward)” 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.