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- ↑ (Rangers player) Gow, John, FitbaStats
- 1 2 3 Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 107.
- ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ↑ Champion Championships, The Scottish Referee, 19 June 1893. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
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