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Ronnie Steel

English footballer (1929-2009)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 19, 2024
Entity authorityQ18808367 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ronald Steel (3 June 1929 – 1 November 2009) was an English footballer who made 66 appearances in the Football League playing on the wing for Darlington. He also played non-league football for clubs including Bishop Auckland, Headington United, with whom he won the 1952–53 Southern League title, Bedford Town, Banbury Spencer and Witney Town.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ronnie Steel” as english footballer (1929-2009). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ronnie, Steel and English.

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—1929, 2009, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1929-06-03. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ronnie, Steel and English providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ronnie Steel”, the useful work is to connect “english footballer (1929-2009)” 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 Dec 19, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q18808367. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1929, 2009 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ronnie Steel” 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.