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- ↑ Denver Broncos 1977 Media Guide (pronunciations on page 141). Retrieved June 8, 2020
- ↑ "UC Davis QB Is Little All-American". Santa Cruz Sentinel. December 6, 1972. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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