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- ↑ "Illinois First in Great Meet: Notre Dame Second in National Collegiate Contests". Ogden Standard-Examiner. 1921-06-19.
- ↑ Jack Copeland (2007-07-17). "Defining Moments - Tracking championships: First NCAA postseason event in 1921 set the standard for the 87 that followed". The NCAA News.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Ramblin' Wreck. Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
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