Al Purvis

Canadian ice hockey player (1929–2009)
Person human Q2543068
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Al Purvis

Summary

Al Purvis is a human[1]. His place of birth was Trochu[2]. He was born on +1929-01-09T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in British Columbia[4]. He died on +2009-08-13T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as an ice hockey player[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Al Purvis was born in Trochu[2].
  • Al Purvis passed away in British Columbia[4].
  • Al Purvis was born on +1929-01-09T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Al Purvis died on +2009-08-13T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Al Purvis held citizenship in Canada[8].
  • Al Purvis's professions included ice hockey player[6].
  • Al Purvis is recorded as male[9].
  • Al Purvis's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Al Purvis's position played on team / speciality is recorded as defenseman[11].
  • Al Purvis's Find a Grave memorial ID is recorded as 40892028[12].
  • Al Purvis's sport is recorded as ice hockey[13].
  • Al Purvis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0415f7h[14].
  • Al Purvis's family name is recorded as Purvis[15].
  • Al Purvis's given name is recorded as Allan[16].
  • Al Purvis's relative is recorded as Laurenne Ross[17].
  • Al Purvis's participant in is recorded as 1952 Winter Olympics[18].
  • Al Purvis's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[19].
  • Al Purvis's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as pu/al-purvis-1[20].
  • Al Purvis's Elite Prospects player ID is recorded as 604911[21].
  • Al Purvis's WikiTree person ID is recorded as Purvis-3122[22].
  • Al Purvis's Olympic.org athlete ID is recorded as al-purvis[23].
  • Al Purvis's Prabook ID is recorded as 2571521[24].
  • Al Purvis's databaseOlympics.com athlete ID is recorded as PURVIALL01[25].
  • Al Purvis's Team Canada athlete ID is recorded as allan-purvis[26].
  • Al Purvis's Olympics.com athlete ID is recorded as alan-ruggles-purvis[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Al Purvis's place of birth was Trochu[2]. He was born on +1929-01-09T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Al Purvis's professions included ice hockey player[6].

Death and Burial

Al Purvis died on +2009-08-13T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in British Columbia[4].

Why It Matters

Al Purvis ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Al Purvis born?

Al Purvis was born in Trochu[2].

Where did Al Purvis die?

Al Purvis passed away in British Columbia[4].

What did Al Purvis do for work?

Al Purvis worked as ice hockey player[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . Find a Grave. Retrieved . edmontonjournal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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