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- ↑ "Baseball Cube Jack DiLauro" . Retrieved August 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Ultimate Mets Jack DiLauro Minors" . Retrieved August 20, 2008.
- 1 2 "Ultimate Mets Jack DiLauro Game by Game" . Retrieved August 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Baseball Reference 1969 New York Mets" . Retrieved August 20, 2008.
- ↑ 1971 Jack DiLauro Topps Baseball Card {#677}