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José García (Chilean footballer)

association football player (1931-2013)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ57293165 ↗
Source-derived summary

José García Quesada (12 May 1931 – 12 May 2013) was a Chilean footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “José García (Chilean footballer)” as association football player (1931-2013). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around José, García and Chilean.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 2013, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1931-05-07. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with José, García and Chilean providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

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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 May 10, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q57293165. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 2013 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “José García (Chilean footballer)” 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.