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Kevin McLain

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ6396960 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kevin Wayne McLain (born September 15, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was a 1st round selection (26th overall pick) in the 1976 NFL draft out of Colorado State University. McLain played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1979.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kevin McLain” is american football player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kevin, McLain and American, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1954, 1976, 1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1954-09-15. For this dossier, Kevin, McLain and American is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “american football player” 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 Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6396960. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954, 1976 and 1979.

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.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kevin McLain”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kevin McLain primary sources, Kevin McLain archive and Kevin research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kevin McLain”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kevin McLain” 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.