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- ↑ "Guilford To Open Her Football Season Today". Greensboro Daily News. October 23, 1915. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ The Quaker. 1916. p. 32. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "The Quaker". North Carolina Yearbooks: 57. 1918.
- ↑ "Guilford Made Good On Football Return". Greensboro Daily News. December 9, 1917. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Quakers Enter Football Arena This Season". The Charlotte News. October 1, 1915. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Guilford Has First Football Since 1904". The Farmer and Mechanic. November 2, 1904. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "High Point Plays Guilford College". High Point Enterprise. November 25, 1915. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "High Point Easy For Collegians". High Point Enterprise. November 26, 1915. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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