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- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ↑ Foulds, Alan E. (2002). Boston's Ballparks and Arenas (Hardback). Northeastern. ISBN 1-58465-409-0. ().
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