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Mal MacRae

Australian rules footballer (1907-1947)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 29, 2024
Entity authorityQ21069610 ↗
Source-derived summary

Malcolm MacRae (17 October 1907 – 26 September 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mal MacRae” as australian rules footballer (1907-1947). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around MacRae, Australian and rules.

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—1907, 1947—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1907-10-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with MacRae, Australian and rules providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mal MacRae”, the useful work is to connect “australian rules footballer (1907-1947)” 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 Dec 29, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q21069610. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1907 and 1947.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mal MacRae” 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.