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- ↑ Tom Kouzmanis at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Ruling of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Discipline Committee Regarding a self-disclosure of the University of Toronto" (PDF). Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 5 August 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
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- ↑ Tom Kouzmanis – FIFA competition record (archived)
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