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- 1 2 "Six Members Place on All-ACC Eleven". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD. November 30, 1954. p. 15.
- ↑ "George Marinkov On All-Atlantic Team". Lebanon Daily News. December 3, 1954. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.