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- 1 2 3 4 "Henry J. Mazur Class of 1937". Lowell High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 4, 2015.(profile includes extensive archive of newspaper clippings and other biographical material on Mazur; much of the content herein is sourced to those biographical materials)
- ↑ Social Security Death Index for Henry J. Mazur, last residence, Nashua, New Hampshire, born Nov 9, 1919, died Mar 26, 1988.