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Max Nicolson

Australian rules footballer, born 1917 (1917–1997)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ21077907 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hector McDonald "Max" Nicolson (12 October 1917 – 31 May 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Max Nicolson” is australian rules footballer, born 1917 (1917–1997). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Nicolson, Australian and rules, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1917, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917-10-12. For this dossier, Nicolson, Australian and rules is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “australian rules footballer, born 1917 (1917–1997)” 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 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21077907. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917 and 1997.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Max Nicolson”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Max Nicolson” 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.