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Micky Laverick

British footballer (born 1954)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2023
Entity authorityQ6838920 ↗
Source-derived summary

Michael George Laverick (born 13 March 1954) is an English former footballer who played for Mansfield Town, Southend United, Huddersfield Town, York City and Boston United.

References

Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Micky Laverick” as british footballer (born 1954). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Micky, Laverick and British.

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—1954, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1954-03-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Micky, Laverick and British providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Micky Laverick”, the useful work is to connect “british footballer (born 1954)” 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 Jul 7, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q6838920. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954 and 2007.

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
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  2. Expand the search: follow Micky Laverick primary sources, Micky Laverick archive and Micky 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

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This entry incorporates text from “Micky Laverick” 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.