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- ↑ "Don Fuell". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame list includes Avery, Arban, 'Bo', Milam". Hattiesburg American. April 17, 1983. p. 10C – via Newspapers.com.
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