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Peter Pass
Peter Pass (8 March 1933 – 3 June 2012) was a British water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1972 for the most career caps of any British water polo player—a total of 95 —and received an MBE that same year. In club water polo, he played for Polytechnic's first team for 21 seasons between 1949 and 1970, then was a coach. From 1964 to 1994, Polytechnic won 17 National Water Polo League titles. In his later years, Pass lived in County Offaly, Ireland. He died in 2012 of bowel cancer.
Article summary
Peter Pass (8 March 1933 – 3 June 2012) was a British water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1972 for the most career caps of any British water polo player—a total of 95 —and received an MBE that same year. In club water polo, he played for Polytechnic's first team for 21 seasons between 1949 and 1970, then was a coach. From 1964 to 1994, Polytechnic won 17 National Water Polo League titles. In his later years, Pass lived in County Offaly, Ireland. He died in 2012 of bowel cancer.
Key claims
- date of death: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of death is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1254890960
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