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- ↑ "Look Out, Mister Roberts; For Columbia, Archie Roberts Runs, Passes, Kicks, Tackles and Gets a Bloody Nose Every Saturday". Sports Illustrated. November 9, 1964. p. 44.
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- ↑ Schonbrun, Zach (November 1, 2015). "It May Be Just Academic, but Fitzpatrick Is Near a Hall of Famer's Record". The New York Times.
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