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Michael Gardiner (footballer, born 1978)

Australian rules footballer, born 1978

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ6833701 ↗
Source-derived summary

Michael R. Gardiner (born 22 March 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Gardiner, a basketball player in his youth, was used as a tall forward and ruckman by Collingwood, who selected him in the 1997 Pre-Season Draft. He played in the final two rounds of the 1998 AFL season and appeared in five games the following year.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Michael Gardiner (footballer, born 1978)” as australian rules footballer, born 1978. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 1997, 1998—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-03-22. The account is most persuasive where Michael, Gardiner and footballer can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as australian rules footballer, born 1978. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Mar 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6833701. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978, 1997 and 1998.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. 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.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Michael Gardiner (footballer, born 1978)” 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.