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Seamus MacBennett

Footballer (1925-1995)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ7440761 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Congall MacBennett (16 November 1925 – 23 February 1995) was a footballer, who played as a winger in the Football League for Cardiff City and Tranmere Rovers.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Seamus MacBennett” as footballer (1925-1995). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Seamus, MacBennett and Footballer.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1925-11-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Seamus, MacBennett and Footballer providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Seamus MacBennett”, the useful work is to connect “footballer (1925-1995)” 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 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7440761. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925 and 1995.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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

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 “Seamus MacBennett”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Seamus MacBennett primary sources, Seamus MacBennett archive and Seamus 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 “Seamus MacBennett”?
  2. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Seamus MacBennett” 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.