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- ↑ "All-Stater". Traverse City Record-Eagle. April 21, 1964. p. 13.
- ↑ "untitled". The Pittsburgh Press. June 11, 1961. pp. 4–5.
- ↑ "Conley Elected Michigan Capt". The Indiana (PA) Gazette. December 3, 1963. p. 15.
- ↑ "1964 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Illini Put Four on UPI Teams". The Pantagraph. November 27, 1964. p. 16.
