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- ↑ "Frederick Lord". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ "Open Knife as Shoe-Horn: Peculiar Death of Old International Runner", Leeds Mercury, 11 February 1928
- ↑ "The Late Fred Lord", Athletic News, 19 March 1928
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