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References
- ↑ "Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Auburn vs. Tulane". Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Mike Donahue Names All-Time Auburn Football Team". The Tuscaloosa News. January 10, 1933.
- ↑ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ↑ "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
- ↑ "Team Captains" (PDF).
- ↑ Ethan Brady. "Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team" (PDF).
- ↑ Garrett, Franklin M. (2011) [1969]. Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s–1930s. Vol. 2. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8203-3904-7.