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- ↑ "Augustus Saunders Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
