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- ↑ "WEST AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Playing Record of all Members @ March 2012". West Australian Football Commission. March 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ "Great Southern Football League". Full Points Footy. Retrieved 12 March 2009.