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- ↑ Fitzgerald, DD (2 April 2013). "Akita Northern Happinets Goodies" . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ↑ Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo cierra la plantilla con Daniel Fitzgerald; Spanish Basketball Federation, 2 October 2013 (in Spanish)