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- 1 2 Hay George Image 1 Third Lanark 1936, Vintage Footballers
- ↑ 1932/33, The History of Newtongrange Star
- ↑ Statistics, Third Lanark AC 1872 - 1967
- 1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Football | Glasgow Well Beaten at Sheffield, The Glasgow Herald, 24 September 1935
- ↑ Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936
- ↑ Queen of the South 1939 autographs, Queen of the South FC, 22 July 2020
- ↑ (Hearts player) George Hay, London Hearts Supporters Club
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