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Matthew Mansfield

Australian rules footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6790923 ↗
Source-derived summary

Matthew Mansfield (born 24 June 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray (now Western Bulldogs) Football Club in the Australian Football League. Originally recruited from the Glenorchy Football Club, Mansfield made his debut in the 1991 AFL season and played 32 games and kicked 5 goals until the 1993 AFL season. Mansfield played in 3 finals in the 1992 AFL season.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Matthew Mansfield” as australian rules footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matthew, Mansfield and Australian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1991, 1993, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-06-24. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matthew, Mansfield and Australian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Matthew Mansfield”, the useful work is to connect “australian rules footballer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6790923. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 1991, 1993 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “Matthew Mansfield” 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.