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- ↑ http://stats.cfldb.ca/team/winnipeg-blue-bombers/roster/1939/
- ↑ "Martin Platz, Bomber Star, Is Prisoner", Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, August 02, 1941, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, pg 5
- ↑ Obituaries, Winnipeg Free Press, Monday, December 22, 1947, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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