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- ↑ "Tiger with too much spirit". The Age . Melbourne. 29 May 1981. p. 20. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ "Craig Balme". AFL Tables.
- ↑ Devaney, John. Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion. Full Points Publications.
- ↑ "Players - Balme, Craig". Redlegs Museum.
- ↑ "S.A.N.F.L. Norwood top from fifth position". The Canberra Times . ACT. 1 October 1984. p. 20. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ "When the main show was SANFL". Adelaide Football Club.