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- ↑ Cameron Hall Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ "BOB PHIBBS AND 1976 OLYMPIC TEAM ELECTED TO CANADIAN BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME 2007". Canada Basketball. January 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
- ↑ Cameron Hall. Duke Update. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
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