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- ↑ "Packers, Giants Dominate All-Stars". The Nevada Daily Mail. Associated Press. December 20, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Moore on UPI NFL Team; Thurston Top Vote-Getter". Reading Eagle. United Press International. December 26, 1961. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ Ted Elbert (January 12, 1962). "PFI Selects its "Illustrious Elevens": Packers Place Ten Members on 22-Man Squad; Lombardi, Ditka, Jordan Hornung Honored Single". Pro Football Illustrated. pp. 1, 4.(based on a poll of "sportswriters and radio-TV broadcasters who were assigned to covering one of the 14 league teams or assigned to a different NFL game each week")