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- ↑ "Kimbrough Will Lead Sewanee Eleven in '27". Kingsport Times. December 13, 1926. p. 3. Retrieved June 13, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
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