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- ↑ "Sport Talk with Troxell". The Cumberland News. July 15, 1963. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bob Rowley Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Bob Rowley Signed By Coach Parker". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 7, 1963. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.