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- ↑ "MIAA Record Book 2019-20" (PDF). Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
- ↑ "Archives and Record Book". Olivet Comets. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Year by Year results, 1909". Olivet Comets. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
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