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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_oline Archived 2011-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman
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