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- 1 2 "Fairmount College Football Game Played By Light of Coleman Lanterns, October 6, 1905". Wichita State University Libraries' Department of Special Collections . Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ "FIRST LIGHT (1900 – 1929)". Coleman Company. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Detailed History". Sterling College. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Wichita State Yearly Results (1905)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Good Night". The Washington Post . November 18, 2006.
- ↑ "ADDENDA TO "COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN KANSAS"". Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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