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{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Hall of Fame: Miguel Tudela". Cal State LA Athletics. California State University, Los Angeles. 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
He was in the U.S. Army from 1974-76 and won a U.S. Armed Forces title in 1976.
- ↑ "Miguel Tudela, Judoka". JudoInside.
- ↑ "Top Judoka in American Competition". Black Belt Yearbook. No. 12. Jan 1980. p. 49.
- 1 2 "Shouldering a Challenge". Los Angeles Times. February 1, 1984. p. 186.
- ↑ "1984 U.S. Olympic Judo Trials". Black Belt. Vol. 12. July 1984. p. 69.
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