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- ↑ CFLAPEDIA entry: Lorne Richardson
- ↑ FANBASE entry : Lorne Richardson Archived October 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Team Retro Profile: Saskatchewan Roughriders". Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ↑ 2006 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide