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- ↑ 1962 ONTARIO LACROSSE ASSOCIATION
- ↑ 1968 NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE
- 1 2 "Factual - Detroit Turbos: All time Record - Factual". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ "Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
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