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- ↑ "LEAGUE CLUBS SEEK RECRUITS". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 7 June 1933. p. 16. Retrieved 5 October 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Football - Jack Prideaux - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ↑ "OWENS—730 GOALS". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . South Australia. 15 September 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 5 October 2017– via National Library of Australia.