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- ↑ "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
- ↑ "Ken McGuinness announces retirement". AAP Sports News (Australia). 31 July 2002. Archived from the original (Fee required) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ↑ "State of Origin stats". Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ↑ "Former State of Origin player Ken McGuinness charged with assaulting woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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