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- ↑ Larry Boeck (January 28, 1964). "Larry ' Like Windmill' ... A Defensive Octopus". The Courier-Journal . p. 18. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Conley 'Unsung Hero' Of Unbeaten Wildcats". Messenger-Inquirer . February 26, 1966. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kentucky Outlook- Remembering the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA. YouTube . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.
- ↑ Hudson, David L. (2005). "They Played in One Pro Game". Basketball's Most Wanted™ II: The Top 10 Book of More Hotshot Hoopsters, Double Dribbles, and Roundball Oddities. Potomac Book. ISBN 9781612340401 . Retrieved March 28, 2022– via Google Books.
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