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- 1 2 3 "Chuck Taylor quits Stanford football post". The Register-Guard. November 22, 1957. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ↑ Strite, Dick (November 3, 1957). "Oregon wins high-powered offensive battle". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
- ↑ "Stanford gets past California by 14–12". The Register-Guard. November 24, 1957. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame inductee detail: Chuck Taylor". National Football Foundation . Retrieved December 23, 2013.