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- ↑ "East Texas Negro League (1946)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ↑ ""Other" Negro Leagues, Negro East Texas League" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808 . Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ↑ ""Other" Negro Leagues" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.