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- ↑ "Blue Raider Hall of Fame". Middle Tennessee State University. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- 1 2 "NFF to induct Boots Donnelly into Hall of Fame". The Daily Herald . May 30, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
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- ↑ Organ, Mike (October 3, 2015). "Boots Donnelly statue unveiled at MTSU". The Tennessean . Retrieved February 12, 2017.