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Albert Pinxton

association football player (1912-1992)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ47004516 ↗
Source-derived summary

Albert Edward Pinxton (24 May 1912 – 1992) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City and Torquay United.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Albert Pinxton” as association football player (1912-1992). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1912, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912-05-24. The account is most persuasive where Albert, Pinxton and association can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as association football player (1912-1992). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Nov 1, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q47004516. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1912 and 1992.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. 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

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Albert Pinxton”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Albert Pinxton primary sources, Albert Pinxton archive and Albert 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

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Albert Pinxton”?
  2. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Albert Pinxton” 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.