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26 November 2023

• 03:0703:07, 26 November 2023 diff hist +13‎ Ildefons Lima ‎ The longest kosher career. But George Weah picked himself and James Debbah in 2018 (32 years each), and Georgios Koudas was brought back in 1995 (27 years 319 days).

22 November 2023

• 22:0022:00, 22 November 2023 diff hist 0‎ Yoshimar Yotún ‎ His international goals before 21 Nov: https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/peru-yotun-intl.html

15 November 2023

• 21:5421:54, 15 November 2023 diff hist 0‎ 1927 Wimbledon Championships ‎ The finals of the women's doubles and mixed were on 5 July. Confirmed by Alan Little's Wimbledon Compendium and various newspapers of the time. current
• 00:1800:18, 15 November 2023 diff hist +140‎ Talk:List of centenarians (sportspeople) ‎No edit summary

10 November 2023

• 20:5320:53, 10 November 2023 diff hist +8‎ Bob Fitzsimmons ‎ Several websites say he died in Chicago (why would he be buried there if he died in London), and the BMD shows no Robert Fitzsimmons dying in England 1917-18.

4 November 2023

• 22:5922:59, 4 November 2023 diff hist −18‎ Willis E. Davis (tennis) ‎ The scoreline of 10-8 6-2 6-1, on wikipedia's page about those championships, is correct, confirmed by several contemporary reports in Australian newspapers (on the Trove website) and the Sunday Mirror in Britain.
• 19:3419:34, 4 November 2023 diff hist +5‎ 1922 U.S. National Championships (tennis) ‎No edit summary
• 19:2919:29, 4 November 2023 diff hist −5‎ 1922 U.S. National Championships (tennis) ‎ The final of the en's doubles was on 29 August. It's in m

3 November 2023

• 22:0822:08, 3 November 2023 diff hist 0‎ May Sutton ‎ Yes her tombstone says 1887, but the same article agrees May Godfrey (should be Godfray) Sutton born Plymouth - and BMD (British births marriages deaths): May Godfray Sutton birth registered E. Stonehouse, Devon Oct-Dec 1886. No May Sutton birth registered Devon 1887. Tag: Reverted

1 November 2023

• 00:0200:02, 1 November 2023 diff hist −63‎ Brian Norton (tennis) ‎ Federer has won other GS titles, of course. And others have lost GS finals from match point up, e.g. Borotra at Wimbledon in 1927.

30 October 2023

• 04:2704:27, 30 October 2023 diff hist +90‎ Talk:List of centenarians (sportspeople) ‎No edit summary

21 October 2023

• 21:2521:25, 21 October 2023 diff hist +476‎ Talk:Vincent Cartwright ‎ →‎Cartwright's first name: new section Tag: New topic

12 October 2023

• 02:2202:22, 12 October 2023 diff hist +45‎ T. Peter Brody ‎ I'm her husband! She has her own Wikipedia page. Tag: Reverted

11 October 2023

• 22:5722:57, 11 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ 1911 International Lawn Tennis Challenge ‎No edit summary
• 22:5622:56, 11 October 2023 diff hist −63‎ 1911 International Lawn Tennis Challenge ‎ The USA had lost previous finals to GB!
• 03:2903:29, 11 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ Budge Patty ‎ Steve Lynch told me this himself: The story around Patty’s first name is equally interesting. It was widely believed that his full name was John Edward Patty and, indeed, this is how he has been referred to in his obituaries over the past few weeks. However, in a 2000 interview with Steven Lynch for the The Sunday Telegraph, Patty revealed for the first time that his first name was in fact Jesse. He explained he had never used it because he thought it was more of a girl’s name. Tag: Reverted

10 October 2023

• 06:3806:38, 10 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ 1892 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles ‎ Born 1876, final 1892.

4 October 2023

• 17:1617:16, 4 October 2023 diff hist +231‎ Talk:Amit Singh Bakshi ‎ →‎his athletics career: new section Tag: New topic
• 16:5416:54, 4 October 2023 diff hist +79‎ Amit Singh Bakshi ‎ Just found this on youtube (an interview with him at the age of 97). Tag: Reverted

28 September 2023

• 02:2502:25, 28 September 2023 diff hist +577‎ Talk:Harold Nisbet ‎ →‎HA Nisbet's first name: new section Tag: New topic

23 September 2023

• 19:3319:33, 23 September 2023 diff hist +341‎ Talk:Sydney Howard Smith ‎ →‎SH Smith's first name: new section Tag: New topic

11 August 2023

• 04:0704:07, 11 August 2023 diff hist +4‎ Otto Decker ‎ Decker came on for Tom Schultz on the half-hour, not at half-time. Contemporary sources all agree, e.g. The Times, Sunderland Daily Echo, Playfair Annual, and Sunday Chronicle Annual. The Long Island Star-Gazette says 'midway through the first period'.

3 August 2023

• 17:0517:05, 3 August 2023 diff hist 0‎ Rick Davis ‎ Not 17 when he made his senior international debut. Your date of birth is correct, therefore...

23 June 2023

• 00:0500:05, 23 June 2023 diff hist 0‎ Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) ‎No edit summary
• 00:0400:04, 23 June 2023 diff hist 0‎ Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) ‎ Zubi's record was well known at the time, and it's 29 years old by now!

13 June 2023

• 01:3101:31, 13 June 2023 diff hist +91‎ Tom Schultz (soccer) ‎ I've been in touch with him since 2020. His wife told me when he died. It's also on www.millardfamilychapels.com/obituaries/Thomas-Schultz

17 February 2023

• 20:0520:05, 17 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ Arthur Bambridge ‎ Changed his goals total from 0 to 1, to match the text.

27 January 2023

• 14:2814:28, 27 January 2023 diff hist +3‎ Richard Gough (Welsh footballer) ‎ He was very well known by his second name. So the title needs to change too, to Tom Gough.Too many contemporary newspaper reports to add here. And his brother was known as Bert. Again, many newspaper mentions.

26 January 2023

• 19:4619:46, 26 January 2023 diff hist −89‎ William Peirce Dix ‎ The ref for Scotland-Ireland was JW Harvie of Sheffield. Dix was refereeing another match that day! And he didn't double barrel his name: he was known by his second name, even though it was his mother's maiden name. Dozens of contemporary reports confirm.

16 January 2023

• 03:3403:34, 16 January 2023 diff hist −24‎ Sheffield F.C. ‎ Arthur Kinnaird is clearly visible in the photo. So is Charles Alcock. Also identified: Welch, Bonsor, Chenery, and Hubert Heron - who were emphatically not playing for Sheffield in 1857!

15 January 2023

• 20:0620:06, 15 January 2023 diff hist +40‎ John Brockbank ‎ He was christened plain John Brockbank (see Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 and dozens of contemporay newspaper reports).

15 November 2022

• 21:1221:12, 15 November 2022 diff hist 0‎ Ferdinand Wesely ‎ Captain against England in 1930.

12 October 2022

• 21:1521:15, 12 October 2022 diff hist +4‎ Heide Rosendahl ‎ She didn't 'pass' Stecher; Rosendahl took the baton in first place.

18 September 2022

• 09:5509:55, 18 September 2022 diff hist +21‎ Linda Knowles ‎ added her age

14 September 2022

• 16:4116:41, 14 September 2022 diff hist +167‎ Talk:Willi Wülbeck ‎ →‎photo: new section Tag: New topic

13 July 2022

• 06:5206:52, 13 July 2022 diff hist −56‎ Lee Ramoon ‎ Can't have made his international debut in 1979: the Cayman islands played their first match in 1985! See national team wikipedia page. Tag: Reverted

30 May 2022

• 22:1622:16, 30 May 2022 diff hist −13‎ Gyula Zsivótzky ‎ His second world record was set in Budapest, not Mexico, on 14 Sep 1968

4 December 2021

• 04:2004:20, 4 December 2021 diff hist +857‎ Talk:Arthur Blavier ‎No edit summary

24 October 2021

• 11:4211:42, 24 October 2021 diff hist +264‎ Talk:Sheffield F.C. ‎ →‎Image change

19 September 2021

• 03:5603:56, 19 September 2021 diff hist +4‎ Bud Houser ‎ Tamara Press 1964.

13 April 2021

• 17:2817:28, 13 April 2021 diff hist −35‎ László Papp ‎ Tidied up the English. And he didn't go undefeated throughout his career. Youtube shows him being knocked down and stopped by by Pietrzykowski.

5 February 2021

• 21:3721:37, 5 February 2021 diff hist +1‎ Sergio Bravo ‎No edit summary
• 21:3721:37, 5 February 2021 diff hist −8‎ Sergio Bravo ‎No edit summary
• 21:3621:36, 5 February 2021 diff hist 0‎ Sergio Bravo ‎No edit summary
• 21:3621:36, 5 February 2021 diff hist +12‎ Sergio Bravo ‎ He didn't play in the tournament.

27 January 2021

• 03:1603:16, 27 January 2021 diff hist −198‎ Michele Andreolo ‎ Never played for Uruguay (your own panel says 0 matches and 0 goals. Cris Freddi.