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- ↑ Rangers legend Woodburn dies, BBC Sport, 3 December 2001.
- ↑ Ex Scotland manager McColl dies, aged 81 Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , The Scotsman , 26 October 2008.
- 1 2 Dalyell, Tam. Obituary: George Young, The Independent , 13 January 1997.
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