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- 1 2 "Illini Dominate All-Big Ten Squad". Toledo Blade (AP story). November 27, 1950. p. 23.
- 1 2 "United Press Big Ten Team". The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. November 30, 1950. p. 13.