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- ↑ "Many changes in rugby game". The Evening News (San Jose) . September 14, 1906.
- ↑ Elliott, Orrin Leslie (1937). Stanford University - The First Twenty Five Years 1891-1925. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 231–233. ISBN 9781406771411.
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- ↑ "Stanford 6, Indians 4". The Daily Palo Alto. October 30, 1905. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.