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- ↑ "Walton, Aylward Lead WAC Standouts". Tucson Daily Citizen. November 7, 1967. p. 18.
- ↑ "Lions Sign Speedster". Detroit Free Press. June 4, 1969. p. 4D.
- ↑ "Lions Are Ready, Forzano Says". Detroit Free Press. September 16, 1975.
- ↑ "Larry Walton cut by Lions". The Record-Eagle (Traverse City). September 13, 1977. p. 13.
- ↑ "Bills' Knox scoops up Walton". Detroit Free Press. August 25, 1978. p. 4D.