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- ↑ Daytona Beach Morning Journal, May 14, 1964
- 1 2 Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd ed. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007, page 527
- ↑ "1964 Cocoa Rookie League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- 1 2 Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.