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- ↑ Star of low-budget era earns a ticket to hall
- ↑ Maryland Old Timers Soccer Association
- ↑ "Nicholas Kropfelder - 1996 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Nicholas Kropfelder - 1996 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2023-12-19.