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Stephen Eagleton

Australian soccer player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2025
Entity authorityQ7609125
Source-derived summary

Stephen Eagleton (born 26 October 1976) is a retired Australian footballer.

Biography

He had previous NSL experience with Sydney United, Parramatta Power and Newcastle United. He was released by the Newcastle Jets after the 2006–07 season, but was resigned before the start of the 2007–08 season. His season was cut short by injury, though he joined his teammates on the victory dias when the Jets won the 2007–08 A-League Championship. He subsequently retired from professional football. Currently coaches the Central Coast Mariners Academy under 11 team.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Stephen Eagleton” as australian soccer player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Stephen, Eagleton and Australian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-10-26. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Stephen, Eagleton and Australian providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Stephen Eagleton”, the useful work is to connect “australian soccer player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7609125. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2006 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from Stephen Eagleton” 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.