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- ↑ "Meet The Lions". Liverpool Echo . 7 April 1962.
- ↑ "England's rugby tour party". Herald Express . 28 March 1963.
- ↑ "No official approach by Everton for Preston wingers". Liverpool Daily Post . 19 March 1962.