Peter Popely
Footballer (born 1943)
Peter Charles Francis Popely (born 7 April 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City and in non-League football for Cliftonville. Peter died suddenly on 3 August 2024.
“Peter Popely” enters the record as footballer (born 1943). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Peter, Popely and Footballer can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Peter Popely” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Peter, Popely and Footballer provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 May 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18737040. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1943 and 2024.
Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. 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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- Building a first chronology
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Three-step research path
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