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- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 205. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leicester Fosse" . Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 22" . Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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