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- ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/gibsons Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Gibsons Finest Player Awards
- ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_ocanada Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Most Outstanding Canadian
- 1 2 3 "CFL Guide & Record Book: 2023 Edition" (PDF). Canadian Football League. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
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