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- ↑ "Coaching History" (PDF). Montana Grizzlies football . Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Annual Register". Stanford University. 1897. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ↑ "These to Sport the Cardinal". The San Francisco Call . November 25, 1896. Retrieved April 24, 2019.