Talk:Keith Slater

Latest comment: 1 year ago by The-Pope in topic Year of birth confusion

Year of birth confusion

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There are differing references for his year of birth: 1935 in AustralianFootball, WAFL and WA Football Hall of Fame, but 1936 in WAFL FootyFacts, Cricinfo and CricketArchive. Hopefully we'll get some confirmation from the family in the death notices in the days to come. I'm not sure we can trust any of the news articles to have not just searched any of the above databases (or Wikipedia itself) for the information. News articles from the time he was playing aren't any better - was he born in 1933, 1935, or 1937! I'm leaning towards 1935, as this article, actually published on his birthday, seems the most complete referring to him as a 16 year old in the 1951-52 cricket season. The-Pope (talk) 16:02, 24 February 2025 (UTC)Reply