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- 1 2 3 , AustralianFootball.com Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- ↑ 1937 Perth Carnival Archived 19 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine , fullpointsfooty.net Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ↑ "Full Points Footy – Swan Districts Team of the Century". 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
