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- ↑ STLsoccer.net :: View topic - Blast from the Past! Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979 Archived February 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "St. Louis Soccer HOF: Hall of Fame Members". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2007-10-29.