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- ↑ Don Gleasner NFL Stats and Bio - Pro Football Archives, Pro Football Archives, retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ↑ The Terrapin, Class of 1946, University of Maryland yearbook, p. 175–176.
- ↑ Text from Page 37, Reveille, University of Maryland Yearbook, Class of 1946, 1946, retrieved 28 December 2008.
- ↑ Terps in the Pros [ permanent dead link ] (PDF), 2000 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland Terrapins official website, 2000, retrieved 22 December 2008.
- ↑ Maryland Drafted Players/Alumni, Pro Football Reference, retrieved 28 December 2008.
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