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- ↑ "Harlem Globetrotter Legend Bob Karstens". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- ↑ "Bob Karstens, Ex-Globetrotter, Dies at 89". The New York Times. 17 January 2005.
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