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- ↑ "James McClymont (Jim) DOBBIN". Toronto Star. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ↑ "Jim Dobbin football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
- ↑ "Calgary Stampeders 1948 | Alberta Sports Hall of Fame & Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-09-08.
- ↑ Sketches in Brief of Players for Football Final: Calgary The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Nov 25, 1948; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2011) pg. 20
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