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- ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle (1912). History of the University of North Carolina. p. 749.
- ↑ "All-Time Lettermen" (PDF). p. 145.
- ↑ "1895 UNC Football Roster".
- ↑ "[No title]". The Daily Tar Heel. April 18, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2015– via Newspapers.com.Cite uses generic title (help)
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