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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "1961 Dallas Texans Draftees". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ↑ "BOBBY LANE". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved October 15, 2015.