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- ↑ McEwen, Tom, The Gators: A Story of Florida Football, The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974) pp. 110-111
- ↑ "Alton Brown, Star Center, Also Honored". The Evening Independent. December 15, 1934.
- ↑ The Blue Book of College Athletics. 1935. p. 17.
- ↑ 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2015).
- ↑ "The 1935 All-Southeastern Eleven". The Evening Independent. December 4, 1935.
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