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- ↑ "Tulane Sees Star Gridder In Menville". Miami News. October 24, 1926.
- ↑ "Tulane University Football Program; Tulane vs. Auburn :: Tulane University Football Programs". louisianadigitallibrary.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Best of New Orleans area high school football by position, Part 5 (Running Backs & Quarterbacks) - SportsNOLA". sportsnola.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.