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- ↑ "PENNSY CAPTAIN BENCHED: Miller Displaced as Quarter Back -- Would Not Leave Game" (PDF). The New York Times. 1909-11-17.
- ↑ "Brooke, Perm's New Coach Famous Fullback of the Nineties Who Will Command at Franklin Field". Cornell Alumni News. 1913-05-14. p. 386.
- ↑ "Cozens Is Pennsy's Captain" (PDF). The New York Times. 1909-12-04.
- 1 2 "New Football in Philadelphia". The Day, New London, Conn. 1910-10-08.
- 1 2 "WESLEYAN FAILS TO REAPPOINT HIGH: Choose "Danny" Hutchinson of Pennsy to Coach Football Squad". The Hartford Courant. 1913-04-15.
- ↑ "ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ↑ "Wesleyan to Select New Coach" (PDF). The New York Times. 1913-12-27.
- ↑ "GOULD AND WEAR IN FINAL MATCH TODAY: Team Scores Another Easy Victory in Court Tennis Doubles at Philadelphia" (PDF). The New York Times. 1920-03-27.