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- ↑ "1963 Cleveland Browns Starters, Roster, & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
- ↑ "Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
