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- ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Elmer Sleight Gets Conference Medal". The Minneapolis Tribune. June 11, 1930. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ↑ "Boilermakers in the Pros". Purdue Official Athletic Site. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Sleight, Huff, Edwards and Fisher Stay". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. March 21, 1934. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Elmer Sleight Is Added to Lehigh U. Grid Staff". Berwick Enterprise. June 5, 1936. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Purdue All-American Sleight Dies at 71". The Naples Daily News. August 9, 1978. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.