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- ↑ "1957 National Championship". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ↑ "The Rose Bowl 1958". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ↑ "Ohio State First-team All-Americans" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
- 1 2 "Academic Honors - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ↑ "Ohio State Football Heisman Finalists". Central Ohio News. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
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