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- ↑ "Schreiber Riders' radio voice". The Ottawa Citizen. May 30, 1992.
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- ↑ "AVERY, CALCUTT TO BE INDUCTED INTO CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME". ottawaredblacks.com. November 15, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
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