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Oscar Bossaert

Belgian association football player and politician (1887-1956)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ511525 ↗
Source-derived summary

Oscar Bossaert (5 November 1887 – 1 February 1956) was a Belgian footballer. He played twelve matches for the Belgium national football team from 1911 to 1913.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Oscar Bossaert” as belgian association football player and politician (1887-1956). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Oscar, Bossaert and Belgian.

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—1887, 1956, 1911, 1913—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1887-11-05. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Oscar, Bossaert and Belgian 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 “Oscar Bossaert”, the useful work is to connect “belgian association football player and politician (1887-1956)” 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 Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q511525. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1887, 1956, 1911 and 1913.

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This entry incorporates text from “Oscar Bossaert” 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.