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- 1 2 3 George Thomson, AFC Heritage Trust
- ↑ "Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen, Scottish Cup Final (contemporary newspaper scans)". 24 April 1937. Retrieved 7 August 2020– via The Celtic Wiki.
- ↑ (Rangers player) Thomson, George R., FitbaStats
- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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