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- ↑ "Bob Lynch". AFL Tables.
- ↑ The Age, "Fitzroy hopes please", 21 March 1966, p. 12
- ↑ "1969 Carnival Tas Player Details". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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