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- ↑ "Football Scores". The La Carosse Tribune. October 21, 1923.
- ↑ "Jack Lockwood, the former Harvard". The Bessemer Herald. October 26, 1923.
- ↑ "Football Scores". Evening Chronicle . October 20, 1924. p. 4. Retrieved May 27, 2023– via Newspaper Archive
. - ↑ "Football Scores". Escanaba Daily Press . November 2, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved May 27, 2023– via Newspaper Archive .
