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- ↑ "Luppino Enjoying 1954 Grid Season". The Brownsville Herald. October 7, 1954. p. A4.
- ↑ Abe Chanin (September 4, 1955). "He's Football's Marked Man (part 1)". Albuquerque Journal.
- ↑ Abe Chanin (September 4, 1955). "He's Football's Marked Man (part 2)". Albuquerque Journal.
- ↑ "Luppino Gets Rushing Title". Alton Evening Telegraph. December 8, 1954. p. 22.
- ↑ "Welsh, Luppino Win Offense Titles". Corpus Christi Times. December 7, 1955. p. 11B.
- ↑ "Arizona's Luppino Top Collegiate Grid Scorer". Monroe (La) News-Star. December 8, 1954. p. 21.(breaking Reynold's modern-day scoring record; 4th all time behind Kim Leech in 1920 (210), Jim Thorpe in 1912 (198 points), and Neno dePrato in 1915 (188 points))
- ↑ Hansen, Greg (20 July 2021). "Hansen's Hundred, No. 42: Art Luppino's incandescent career made national headlines". tucson.com.