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Robert Durham (American football)

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ7343708 ↗
Source-derived summary

Robert 'Rob' Durham (born June 1, 1983) is an American former professional football defensive back.

Professional career

Hamburg Sea Devils

In 2007, Durham was drafted by the Hamburg Sea Devils. He did not record any statistics.

Amsterdam Admirals

Durham finished 2007 with the Amsterdam Admirals. He did not record any statistics.

Columbus Destroyers

In 2008, Durham was assigned to the Columbus Destroyers. He saw minimal action for the Destroyers, recording just 5 tackles on the season.

Alabama Vipers

In 2010, Durham was assigned to the Alabama Vipers. He saw much more action, recording 31 tackles.

Georgia Force

In 2011, Durham signed with the Georgia Force.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Robert Durham (American football)” is american football player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Robert, Durham and American, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1983, 2007, 2008, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-06-01. For this dossier, Robert, Durham and American is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “american football player” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Oct 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7343708. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Robert Durham (American football)” 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.