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- ↑ Wall of Fame. Basketball Victoria. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- ↑ Traralgon Amateur Basketball Association. Annual General Meeting 2015. BV Annual Awards 2015 (Page 25 of 53). Retrieved 2017-11-28.