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Park Dae-jong

South Korean footballer (1917-1995)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ24578858 ↗
Source-derived summary

Park Dae-jong (21 January 1917 – 16 August 1995) was a South Korean footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Park Dae-jong” as south Korean footballer (1917-1995). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Park, Dae-jong and South.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 1995, 1948—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917-01-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Park, Dae-jong and South 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 “Park Dae-jong”, the useful work is to connect “south Korean footballer (1917-1995)” 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 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24578858. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917, 1995 and 1948.

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.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  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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  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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This entry incorporates text from “Park Dae-jong” 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.