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- ↑ "New Mexico Tackle Gets $10,000 Bonus From 49ers". The San Francisco Examiner. December 18, 1965 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Hettema Reported On Taxi Squad". Albuquerque Journal. September 1, 1966. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Hettema Set for Surgery". Albuquerque Journal. September 9, 1969. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Quartet Gets Final Ax By Shuffling Falcons". The Atlanta Constitution. September 17, 1971 – via Newspapers.com.