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- ↑ Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls, Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies: The Life of Baseball's Honest Australian (McFarland, 2014) page 129.
- ↑ "Solar-Plexus", Kidney Punch Was Invented By George Dawson. "The Boxer and Wrestler" c1935 Archived 18 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Windsor and Richmond Gazette Friday 19 May 1916 page 12.
- ↑ George Dawson at The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer.
- ↑ George Dawson at BoxRec.com.
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal 7 October 1914 page 10.
- ↑ Windsor and Richmond Gazette Saturday 23 April 1892 page 3.
- ↑ George Dawson at BoxRec.com.
- ↑ Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls, Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies: The Life of Baseball's Honest Australian (McFarland, 13 Oct 2014 ). page 129.
- ↑ Barrier Miner Thursday 28 July 1892 page 4.
- ↑ Windsor and Richmond Gazette, Saturday 7 November 1891 page 8.
- ↑ George Dawson genealogy Archived 25 October 2014 at archive.today .