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- ↑ John Grasso; Bill Mallon; Jeroen Heijmans (14 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 654–. ISBN 978-1-4422-4860-1.
- ↑ https://books.google.ie/books?id=dEgUAAAAIAAJ&q=%22cecil+Bissett%22+rhodesia&dq=%22cecil+Bissett%22+rhodesia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivitDa__TmAhVnQEEAHc9bCvAQ6AEIRDAD
