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- ↑ "Hal Walker". Calgary Herald. March 15, 1976. p. 13. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ↑ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
- ↑ Short, Robin (11 April 2009). "No. 7: Jack MacDuff curling team". The Telegram. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ↑ "Remembering the Jack MacDuff Brier triumph, 40 years later". CBC News. 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11.
- ↑ "Curling Volunteer Jack MacDuff just keeps on rolling". Internet Curling Club. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14.
